Zinedine Zidane is under pressure at Real Madrid as Florentino Perez ‘expresses doubts’ over him

Tuesday 10 November 2020

SMA News – Madrid

Zinedine Zidane is under increasing pressure at Real Madrid as president Florentino Perez ‘expresses doubts’ over him… and it emerges stars were BAFFLED by his controversial line-up without Ferland Mendy or Toni Kroos in woeful defeat at Valencia.

Zinedine Zidane is fighting to save his job at Real Madrid after president Florentino Perez ‘expressed doubts about the Frenchman’, according to reports.

Real Madrid have endured a difficult start to the season in both LaLiga and the Champions League, sitting off the pace in both competitions, and Zidane is now having to deal with pressure from both the hierarchy and his players.

In a double whammy for the manager, SPORT report that club president Perez has major concerns, while Marca say the players were left baffled by his team selection at Valencia last weekend.

While Perez is expected to give Zidane some more time to turn things around, the Real Madrid hierarchy are not shy to pull the trigger when things aren’t going their way, and the boss himself will be well aware that things need to change quickly.

In the club’s most recent defeat at Valencia, eyebrows were raised at Zidane’s starting line-up, without Ferland Mendy or Toni Kroos, and it has been reported that both the directors and the playing squad were confused by it.

Marcelo and Isco started at the Mestalla, and Marca have written that the players have a lack of confidence in Zidane’s decision-making.

The Frenchman is in his second spell in charge at the Bernabeu – he won the Champions League in three consecutive seasons during his first – but it has been far from plain sailing in recent months, despite his side winning LaLiga last season.