Zidane: I’d have loved Real challenge but it wasn’t my time

Zinedine Zidane says he would have accepted the chance to replace Carlo Ancelotti as Real Madrid coach had he been offered the job.

Zidane, who was one of Ancelotti’s assistants as well as coaching Real Madrid’s reserve side Castilla last season, was among the candidates touted for the top job when reports emerged towards the end of last season that the Spanish giants would be making yet another managerial change.

In the end it was Rafael Benitez who took over from the sacked Ancelotti, but Zidane has revealed he would have made the step up himself given the chance.