Benitez goes.

[Leekbrookgull]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35226296

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I shall be very interested to see how Zinedine Zidane shapes up as manager - possibly my all-time favourite player.

 

[Megazone]

I shall be very interested to see how Zinedine Zidane shapes up as manager - possibly my all-time favourite player.

Agreed. The most complete footballer I've ever seen.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I shall be very interested to see how Zinedine Zidane shapes up as manager - possibly my all-time favourite player.

Has he managed a club before ?

 

[Dave the OAP]

Get him in!

 

[StonehamPark]

Has he managed a club before ?

I think he was managing the Madrid Reserves.

 

[alfredmizen]

Has he managed a club before ?

I dont think pep guardiola had ? Im not sure though.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I dont think pep guardiola had ? Im not sure though.

1 year as Coach of Barca B prior to the main job according to Wiki. Not much experience, is it?

 

[alfredmizen]

1 year as Coach of Barca B prior to the main job according to Wiki. Not much experience, is it?

Not really ! Hasnt zidane been coaching REAL's reserves or something similar ?

 

[Goldstone1976]

Not really ! Hasnt zidane been coaching REAL's reserves or something similar ?

Again according to Wiki - Zizou has been involved in some form of coaching capacity at Real since 2010, including the last 18 months as Coach of the B side. Considerably more experience that Pep had before getting the big job, but still not a great deal.

As an aside - how many truly great players (say by being a key part of a Champions league winning side, or an internationally-rated international) have really made it as a manager/coach (say by coaching the team that won the league)?

EDIT: Clough??

EDIT 2: Dalglish. Ancelotti.

Really struggling now....

 

[gordonchas]

Again according to Wiki - Zizou has been involved in some form of coaching capacity at Real since 2010, including the last 18 months as Coach of the B side. Considerably more experience that Pep had before getting the big job, but still not a great deal.

As an aside - how many truly great players (say by being a key part of a Champions league winning side, or an internationally-rated international) have really made it as a manager/coach (say by coaching the team that won the league)?

EDIT: Clough??

EDIT 2: Dalglish. Ancelotti.

Really struggling now....

Franz Beckenbauer.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I suppose the difference between Pep managing Barca B and ZZ managing Real Madrid B is that Madrid don't have a pre-defined STYLE.

Pep was brought up playing in the Barca culture, had one year to coach the culture and then moved to managing a team OOZING with the culture of playing the "barca way".

That's why comparing the time Zidane had coaching compared to Pep isn't all that meaningful.

 

[TomandJerry]

I thought he did well

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Again according to Wiki - Zizou has been involved in some form of coaching capacity at Real since 2010, including the last 18 months as Coach of the B side. Considerably more experience that Pep had before getting the big job, but still not a great deal.

As an aside - how many truly great players (say by being a key part of a Champions league winning side, or an internationally-rated international) have really made it as a manager/coach (say by coaching the team that won the league)?

EDIT: Clough??

EDIT 2: Dalglish. Ancelotti.

Really struggling now....

Much though I hate to say something good about Southampton FC, Ronald Koeman?

He certainly did it as a player, less of a stellar success as a manager, perhaps, but solid, and I like the bloke.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Much though I hate to say something good about Southampton FC, Ronald Koeman?

He certainly did it as a player, less of a stellar success as a manager, perhaps, but solid, and I like the bloke.

Certainly makes the grade as a player. As a coach? Hmmm...at a real stretch - maybe. Just.

I agree that he's a likeable bloke though.