Zinedine Zidane: Real Madrid has no faith in me

Zinedine Zidane resigned as Real Madrid coach because he felt the Spanish club no longer had any confidence in him he wrote in an open letter on MondayldquoIrsquom leaving because I feel the club no longer has the faith in me I need and doesnrsquot offer me the support to build something in the medium or long termrdquo the Frenchman wrote in the letter published in the sports daily ASlsquoIrsquom a born winnerrsquoldquoI am a born winner and I was here to win trophies but beyond this there are human beings emotions life and I have the feeling that these things have not been valued that it has not been understood that this is also how the dynamic of a great club is maintainedrdquo he saidldquoBut everything I built on a daily basis what I brought to the relationship with the playershas been forgotten Irsquom leaving but Irsquom not jumping ship and Irsquom not tired of coachingrdquo he addedReal had a disappointing season finishing second in La Liga behind neighbours Atletico Madrid and losing to eventual winners Chelsea in the Champions League semifinalsIt was the first time that the 13time European champions had failed to win a trophy in 11 seasons It is the second time that Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid coach The 1998 World Cup winner first took the helm in January 2016 and guided Real an unprecedented hattrick of Champions League titles as well as a La Liga title in 2017 before abruptly quitting on May 31 2018 Less than a year later he returned after Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari were sacked in quick successionIn his letter Zidane said he left the club in 2018 because it needed ldquoa different voice to keep itself at the very toprdquo but this time ldquothings are differentrdquo ldquoI want what we have achieved together to be respected I would have liked in recent months my relationship with the club and with the president Florentino Perez to have been a little different from that of other coachesrdquo Zidane said ldquoI wasnrsquot asking for privileges of course not but a little more memoryrdquo added ZidaneLeaked messagesldquoIt hurt me a great deal when I would read in the press after a loss that they were going to fire me if I did not win the next match It hurt me and the entireteam because these messages which were intentionally leaked to the media created negative interferences with the squad they created doubts and misunderstandingsrdquoZidanersquos contract with Real was set to expire in 2022 but he had repeatedly refused to confirm he would still be at the club next seasonHe has a history of making surprise announcements as a player he initially announced his retirement from international football in 2004 before coming back for the 2006 World Cup after which he retired for good following his red card for headbutting Italyrsquos Marco Materazzi as France lost the finalldquoSpending 20 years in Madrid has been the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me in life and I know that I owe it exclusively to Florentino Perez who bet on me in 2001rdquo Zidane said in the letter ldquoI say it from the heart I will always be grateful to the presi for it Alwaysrdquo he addedAlso ReadAguero joins Barcelona on twoyear deal buyout clause at 100 million eurosZidanersquos trophy haul at BernabeuChampions League 3 201516 201617 201718Spanish League 2 201617 201920Spanish Super Cup 2 2017 201920UEFA Super Cup 2 2016 2017FIFA Club World Cup 2 2016 2017This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever