☕️ It’s Z-day in France, and 5️⃣ stories to start Tuesday | OneFootball

Contrasts. While Italy is mired in chaos over hiring its new coach, in France they will present Zinedine Zidane today. None other than him.

This is just one of the stories that could shape today’s football conversation.

🍿Nacho: “Good things are coming with Mourinho”

The Real Madrid legend, now in Saudi Arabia, explains in As what fans can expect from the new Mou. "I think a coach is coming in who is exactly what Madrid needs right now, which is a bit of toughness"

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"Mou belongs to Real Madrid, he’s a Madridista. That’s what matters, he knows perfectly well what it means to win and what it means to lose at this club. If the players are fully behind him, good things are coming for Real Madrid...", he reflects.

🤔 Barça dilemma over Junior Kroupi

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According to Sport, there is debate in the Blaugrana boardroom over the signing of the Bournemouth striker. Some, including Flick, see him as ideal, but others consider it too risky to pay 100 million for a 20-year-old player.

My question is, does Barça have 100 million euros?

🇫🇷 Today is Z Day

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Zinédine Zidane will be announced today as the new France head coach, replacing Didier Deschamps, at a press conference organized by the FFF. 

According to RMC and L'Equipe, Zizou will sign until 2030 and earn 300,000 euros a month excluding bonuses, which could raise his salary to 450,000 euros per month.

🇮🇹 Timeline of the chaos in the Italian federation

Paolo Maldini and Leonardo will resign from the sporting management of the Italian national team just 16 days after taking the job. Why? 

The final break came after the federation president said no to Andrea Pirlo, whom Maldini and Leonardo had chosen to lead a new cycle.

Malagò wanted a coach with more experience, but Pirlo’s partnership with Fonbet, a Russian betting company, also placed the federcalcio in a situation of political and commercial confrontation.

Malagò had Roberto Mancini and Antonio Conte in mind, both available, but they never fully convinced Maldini and Leonardo.

Once they understood it would be impossible to work with full autonomy, Maldini and Leonardo decided to step aside.

Now Chiellini is being mentioned to take over Maldini’s role... and even Ranieri.

📺 What matches to watch today?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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