Zinedine Zidane had the opportunity to receive €100 million for just one year of work, but he refused.
This is what L’Equipe revealed, indicating that Zizou received a legendary offer from the Saudi League, without revealing the identity of the interested club.
The Saudi offer included several benefits for the former Real Madrid coach, one of which was a staggering salary of €100 million net for just one year.
However, Zidane refused to accept the offers, due to his insistence on achieving his ultimate goal of coaching the French national team, succeeding Didier Deschamps after the 2026 World Cup.
Although the name of the interested club was not revealed, it was either Al-Hilal, which is looking for a new coach after Jorge Jesus, or the Saudi national team itself, which was already linked with Zidane before the appointment of Hervé Renard last year.
French media outlets confirmed that an agreement between Zidane and the French Football Federation was in place, and that the coach would inevitably succeed Deschamps after the World Cup.
