The Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane, gave an interview to 'beIN Sports France' and an extract from the encounter has been published. In the interview, the Frenchman gave his opinion on several of his players and explained how he handled his jump to management at the Bernabeu.
Zidane spoke to the 'beIN Sports France' cameras to talk about his past, present and future at Real Madrid. An excerpt from the juicy interview has been released, with the Madrid boss speaking about Ramos, Ronaldo and Benzema, 3 of his key players.
"Ramos is the leader, Cristiano isn't human and Benzema is a pure talent", said the former French midfielder, who referred to how he got the best out of his Portuguese star this season: "It was easy, he is an intelligent player and I know him well. These players can believe in me. Cristiano pushes the others and he is the best".
If he was not a manager, Zidane says he would have been a "delivery driver", describing himself as "patient and unusual".
On him becoming Real Madrid head coach, Zidane said: "The agreement with Florentino [Perez] happened very fast, I was preparing for a game with the B team when he called me to tell me I would be managing the first team. He works like that, he knows what he wants and his strategy is very clear."
To end the excerpt from the interview, the Frenchman admitted that "the only thing that interests us is finding the best way to avoid running, which is keeping the ball", giving a small pointer to his future: "I am currently the coach of Real Madrid but I don't know for how long."