By BBC SPORTMore by this AuthorZinedine Zidane has rejected the chance to return as manager of Real Madrid, according to former club president Ramon Calderon. Zidane, 46, left the club last summer five days after winning a third straight Champions League title. Calderon told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I know that this morning the president (Florentino Perez) called Zidane to ask him back, he said not now. Real replaced Zidane with Spain coach Julen Lopetegui - a move that was a disaster for club, coach and country - but he lasted just four months, with Santiago Solari eventually taking the reins. They are talking of the possibility of Zidane or Mourinho - they are completely different coaches with completely different ideas of football.

Source: Daily Nation March 06, 2019 17:03 UTC