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 has only recently signed a contract extension with the German football federation (DFB), until the 2022 World Cup, and says he is fully focused on successfully defending the world title at Russia 2018. Loew's crowning moment was in holding aloft the 2014 World Cup trophy in Rio de Janeiro.

Source: dna June 01, 2018 12:45 UTC