According to Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane is holding out to coach his nation, France rather than his previous team Juventus.
For the first time in nine years, Juventus were eliminated from the Champions League group stages on Tuesday night. This places even more pressure on manager, Massimiliano Allegri.
Some have called for Zidane to take over as the Italian coach with how drastically underwhelming he is performing.
The Old Ladies currently sit in seventh in the Serie A standings.
Henry, however, has disputed the idea and claims that his former France teammate is holding out for a coaching role with the national team.
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Speaking on CBS Sports after Juventus’ elimination from the Champions League, Henry said: “Zizou (Zidane) won the Champions League, Zizou proved that he can go (to a club like Juventus).
“He has proved he can win at a big club. I’m not going to go there (if Zidane could win at Juventus).
“I think he’s waiting for the national team (France). So I’m not going to go there.
“I don’t think he will go there (Juventus). I think he is waiting for one thing and one thing only. The national team. He won three Champions Leagues with Real Madrid.
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“Why are you going to bother with other clubs when you can have the national team? I wouldn’t.
“He’s been linked to a lot of clubs and it never happened. I don’t think Zizou would want to do it but this is me talking.
“Maybe he does want to do it. But I can see him waiting for the national team and it would make total sense.”
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