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While Algeria had made it its priority with a view to the succession of Djamel Belmadi, Zinedine Zidane clearly has another idea in mind according to Jérôme Rothen.
Algeria is left with another disappointment. The Fennecs supporters had indeed started to dream despite the African Cup of Nations fiasco. The fate of Djamel Belmadi had barely been resolved, the leaders of the Algerian federation had decided to attract Zinedine Zidane to the selection bench, banking on the attachment of the former Ballon d’Or to convince him.
Alas, despite his Kabyle roots and a substantial financial offer, the native of Marseille politely rejected the advances of Algerian leaders. An outcome which did not surprise Jérôme Rothen, for whom Zinedine Zidane reserves himself for Olympique de Marseille. “ He is waiting for OM. He’s not going to wait for the blues for five more years. Real Madrid, he already went there a second time, he didn’t want to go to England, and that was confirmed by his friend Dugarry. So Olympique de Marseille. He is waiting for OM”, he said at the microphone of RMC.
Recently, while The world confirmed that Frank McCourt was seeking to sell Olympique de Marseille, Prince Abdullah Saad Abdulaziz Al Saud, member of the ruling family in Saudi Arabia, told the Carré media outlet all the good things he thought of the French world champion. “I don’t know what’s going on between Saudi Arabia and Zinédine Zidane regarding Marseille, but anything is possible. Zinédine Zidane is a good coach and he is a legend,” he whispered while for many observers convinced of the next transfer of OM, the former Madrilenian will be the head of the project carried by Saudi Arabia.
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