Zidane and Algeria, it’s confirmed!

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In search of a new coach, the Algerian Football Federation would have contacted a certain Zinedine Zidane.

As in 2019 in Cameroon, Algeria was eliminated in the group stage of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The fiasco too many for Djamel Belmadi, dismissed the day after the defeat of the Fennecs against Mauritania (1-0), Tuesday evening. From then on, the Algerian Federation began looking for a new coach and even attempted a huge coup.

According to daily news The Team, Walid Sadi, president of the Algerian Federation, immediately thought of Zinedine Zidane to succeed Djamel Belmadi. And the former number 10 of the Blues was even contacted. “Flattered” due to the interest of the Fennecs, “Zizou” however declined the advances of Sadi, he who had already rejected offers from the Brazilian and American selections. The former Real Madrid technician does not see himself anywhere other than on the bench of the France team on the international scene.

Hervé Renard on pole, but…

Therefore, other avenues are being studied by the Algerian football authority. The names of Vahid Halilhodzic and especially Hervé Renard come up regularly in the press. The current coach of the French women’s team was even approached by Walid Sadi. Not insensitive to the interest of the Fennecs, the ex-Losc coach should nevertheless not leave his position at the FFF before September and the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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