Germany’s World Cup-winning coach Joachim Loew on Friday ruled himself out of the running to take over at Real Madrid after reports he has been approached to replace Zinedine Zidane. “Of course I can completely rule that out now,” Loew told reporters at Germany’s World Cup training camp at Eppan, north Italy, after Spanish daily Marca claimed Real had already approached the 58-year-old German. “Real Madrid will surely find a very, very good substitute for Zinedine Zidane. Loew last coached at club level in 2004, when he was at Austrian Vienna, and under his stewardship Germany has reached at least the semi-finals of every international tournament since the 2006 World Cup. Loew’s crowning moment was in holding aloft the 2014 World Cup trophy in Rio de Janeiro.

Source: Punch June 01, 2018 11:15 UTC