Legendary football player Zinedine Zidane has resigned from the post of Real Madrid's coach with immediate effect. According to media reports, Zidane took this decision after ending the season trophy-less, Real finished second in the league after losing the La Liga title to Atletico Madrid on the final day of La Liga. Earlier, English club Chelsea eliminated the Spanish giants in the semi-finals of the Uefa Champions League.
13-time Champions League winner Real Madrid failed to win any title for the first time in the last 11 years. The official announcement of Zidane's departure has been made by Real Madrid. His contract with Los Blancos was until 2022.
Zinedine Zidane, who was a veteran of France and Real Madrid, had his second stint as manager with the club. Zidane won the World Cup title with France in 1998. He became Real's manager for the first time in 2016
Under the leadership of Zidane, Real Madrid became the first team to win a hat-trick of Uefa Champions League titles between 2016 and 2018. In his two years and five months in charge, Madrid won a total of nine trophies, including two Club World Cups, two UEFA Super Cups, one Spanish league, and one Spanish Super Cup.
However, after his departure Real Madrid struggled with their form, leading to his return to the Spanish capital again after only one year.
He only won the league title once and a Spanish Super Cup in his second stint.
Zidane had been dismissing talks about his future recently, saying that he would discuss it with the club. He said he believed that Madrid could do well without him as a coach.