Zidane to announce retirement, claims report
21 April 2006
by AFP
FIFA World Cup?? winner Zinedine Zidane is almost certain to announce his
retirement after the FIFA World Cup during a press conference on Wednesday,
radio station Cadena Ser claimed on Friday.
Zidane, who still has one year left on his contract at Real Madrid, has
already announced his international retirement at the end of the finals in
July, but he previously left a question mark over whether or not he would
continue in club football for the last year of his current deal.
Now, according to Cadena, he has called a press conference to finally put
an end to the uncertainty over his career. "Real Madrid's French midfielder
Zinedine Zidane has summoned the media to give a press conference next
Wednesday during which he will almost certainly announce his retirement
from the football world," reported Cadena.
"The Frenchman will hang up his boots and will pass on the last year of his
contract," added the station which is renowned for its accurate reporting
of transfer and contract speculation.
Real Madrid confirmed a press conference will take place at the club's
training ground at 11.00GMT on Wednesday. Zidane, for so long the talisman
of French football, will be 34 on 23 June, during the FIFA World Cup
finals, and has been contemplating his future for some time.
He has already retired from the France national team once before, after the
2004 UEFA European Championship but returned to the fold last year to guide
the 1998 champions to the FIFA World Cup finals.
Zidane joined Madrid in 2001 from Juventus for a world record 75.1 million
euros (92.7 million dollars) having also played for Cannes and Bordeaux in
France. He recently confided in German sports magazine Kicker that the FIFA
World Cup would be his last challenge at such a high level.
"I have one more year on my contract with Real Madrid until 2007. I will
take a decision in peace and quite," he said.
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