One rejection after another. Newcastle United does not want to train Zidane or Conte – ŠPORT.sk

The traditional participant in the English Premier League, in which the Slovak national team goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka is caught, was taken over a few days ago by a consortium led by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) from Saudi Arabia, whose chairman is the aforementioned Crown Prince.

The new owners of “strák” are focusing on building a new football megaproject, which should also include a coach with a resounding name.

However, according to AS, the former Real Madrid coach, who won 11 trophies with the “white ballet”, including three consecutive Champions League triumphs, is not impressed by mega-projects based on a lot of funds and will focus on only two destinations in the future – the French national team and Juventus Turin.

Zidane is not the first coach to refuse the opportunity to join a Saudi project at Newcastle United. The first was Brendan Rodgers, who reportedly wants to focus on further work in Leicester City and is waiting for a possible chance to take over Manchester City after Pep Guardiol.

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Newcastle United Football Club Stadium.

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The new owners of Newcastle also contacted Antonio Conte, who also refused. According to the British media, another option that Newcastle would contact for cooperation could be Frank Lampard.

Zidane himself had a chance to go to England at the beginning of his playing career. In 1995 and a year later, agents offered it to Blackburn Rovers, resp. Newcastle United, but both clubs then refused the opportunity to hire the later best footballer in the world.