Zinedine Zidane has revealed why he felt the need to return to football, and has insisted that he wants to take charge of his own team soon.
The playmaker took a break after retiring in 2006, but has since come into Carlo Ancelotti’s coaching set-up at Real Madrid.
“I wanted to reconnect with the excitement that football brings,” he told L’Equipe.
“After what I experienced as a player, I definitely felt the need to be involved every day – feel that pressure again.
“I do not regret my decision to take a step back. I took my children to school every day and did many things with them.
“Things are now clarified in my head – I have realised what I want to do and how I want to do it.
“I want to be useful to Real Madrid, but I also want to coach my own team. I achieved a lot as a player, but I now want to do the same in my second career.
“I’ll be an ambitious Coach. My team will be balanced with a tendency to attack. Football can be very simple, and that’s how I want my team to play.”
