Zinedine Zidane's Zooming Start to Management ( ABANDONED STORY - ZIDANE SACKED)

Relegation tipped Stade De Reims have appointed French Legend Zinedine Zidane as their manager. The French club wasted no time in hiring him after sacking previous manager Hubert Fournier, just hours earlier. Zidane, 41, has represented France on 108 occasions, scoring for the side 31 times. During his international career, he was perhaps best known for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy. He received a red card and Italy went on to win the trophy on penalties.


He played for four different clubs during his career, most notably Juventus and Real Madrid. When asked why he took the job, he replied " It is a chance to redeem myself for what I did to Marco and I hope I can pay back my country by restoring French football to what it once was." Whether the investment in international experience will pay off for Stade de Reims remains to be seen but we could be in for a treat with one of football's true legends taking the helm.

Looking forward to this! Always been a massive fan of Zidane.

Thankyou! I hope I dont disappoint!

THREE JOIN STADE DE REIMS!!

Ex-France international and new Stade De Reims manager Zinedine Zidane has delved straight into the transfer market to sign three new players, all on free transfers. The team at L'EQUIPE have compiled an in-depth report on each of the three new signings below. Enjoy reading.


First up, and undoubtedly the biggest signing for the club, is French striker Nicolas Anelka, 33, who has recently retired from international football. He was thought to have secured a move to English side West Bromwich Albion but he rejected them after stating that he wanted to finish his career in his own country.






Secondly, another French player, Camel Meriem, capped by France three times. The 32 year old attacking midfielder had been attracting interest from AC Ajaccio in recent weeks and they remain interested despite him signing for Stade De Reims.




The final signing is 32 year old Brazilian Fabinho. The defensive midfielder has never been capped by Brazil but has played for the reputable Brazilian team Corinthians during his career.




Zidane will hope that the players collective experience will help save the team from relegation.

A nice start!

Thanks mate!!

Signings may backfire as they are quite old but good luck

Thanks I hope not!! I'd rather have experience with a smaller club.

Nice start mate

Thanks

haha great idea mate.. looking forward too it i think that Anelka will help you a lot

Thank you mate! yeah I agree experience over youth for smaller clubs

With the league campaign kicking off for Zinedine Zidane and Stade De Reims against Nantes, we take a look back at the French legend's pre-season results, including the Friendly Cup which was held at Old Trafford.















The team will, without doubt be looking to build on these good results and get their season off to a good start.

COME ON UNITED! I mean, unlucky about the result..

Thanks for commenting mate