Back at the Bernabeu?

Gao Han was a little surprised, he had never heard of this before.

What's more, how could Florentino suddenly want to rely on a rookie like Zidane?

Is he so relieved to hand over the burden of Real Madrid to Zinedine Zidane?

Zidane also seemed to sense Gao Han's surprise, and immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Of course it can't be the head coach." ”

After a pause, the Frenchman continued: "He said that he hopes I can be an assistant to the new manager, and when I accumulate a certain amount of experience, I will have the opportunity to become the head coach of the team. ”

After Gao Han heard this, he suddenly realized.

Isn't it?

What kind of giants is Real Madrid?

How could Florentino feel comfortable putting such a heavy burden on Zidane?

Besides, even if Florentino can trust Zidane, can the board of directors trust him?

"You...... What do you think?" Zidane asked, looking at Gao Han.

Gao Han's mind turned around, looked at Zidane, and said with a slight smile: "You should have the answer yourself." ”

With Zidane's friendship with Florentino, if he wants to return to Real Madrid as an assistant coach, he still needs to ask Gao Han's opinion?

In fact, as early as the second half of last season, Gao Han had begun to consciously cultivate Zidane, and many games were completed by him independently, and no one else outside knew about it, but Gao Han knew it in his heart.

Zinedine Zidane has been involved with football for decades, and as he said before, after returning to the familiar football field, he feels more and more that he can't live without football, so he wants to try coaching, and once he gets a taste of independent coaching, it is difficult to bend down to be an assistant again.

What's more, who is Zidane? one of the greatest legendary superstars in the history of European football.

Even if he is an assistant to others, he started as an assistant to Mourinho, and then he was Gao Han, whether in terms of qualifications or ability, he has no reason to play deputy for others, isn't that going downhill?

People go to high places, water flows to low places, Zidane is a proud person in his bones, so he resisted Florentino's proposal, but because of the situation, he wanted to ask Gao Han's opinion.

"With your current ability, you will be wronged to be an assistant to others again. Gao Han said lightly.

Why doesn't Zidane know?

He worked as an assistant for Mourinho and Gao Han, and the main thing was that he wanted to learn things, and the purpose was also to be able to coach alone in the future.

Especially in the last half year of Paris Saint-Germain, Gao Han gave him enough trust and support, he also tried to be independent, he had ideas about coaching alone, and now, except for Gao Han, there is no second person who can make him willing to be an assistant, even in Real Madrid.

"There are teams that have approached me and asked me to coach. Zidane said frankly.

"Ligue 1?"

"Hmm. Zidane nodded, "It's all mid-table teams in Ligue 1, and there's also a mid-table team in the Premier League." ”

Gao Han is not only good at training players, but also good at coaching head coaches.

Under Gao Han's leadership, there have been first-line managers in the top leagues of European football, such as Emery, Guardiola, and Tuchel, which can be described as famous, which has also attracted a lot of attention from Zidane.

The giants may not dare to take such a risk and entrust the burden to a rookie like Zidane, but it is entirely possible for mid-to-lower teams to take the risk, especially given the superstar aura that Zidane brings to the table.

"What's the coaching environment like?" asked Gao Han.

Zidane shrugged his shoulders, a little helpless, the coaching environment of the middle and lower teams is definitely not much better.

This is also where he hesitates.

As a legend of yesteryear, if he returns as head coach, then the first stop will be particularly important.

If he takes the first step, then his path will be smoother.

Just like Pep Guardiola, he was at the peak of his debut at Barcelona, and his coaching ability is important, but the platform given by Barcelona is also crucial.

Gao Han has been paying attention to Zidane's expression, knowing that he is entangled in his heart at this moment, and he knows what to expect.

"Would you be interested in challenging a difficult one?"

"Is the challenge difficult?" Zidane was a little strange.

The corners of Gao Han's mouth raised, "How about coaching Chinatown?"

"What?" Zidane was taken aback, "how is this possible?"

The French superstar shook his head vigorously, "I'm coaching Chinatown, are you kidding?"

He himself thought it was unlikely.

Why?

In the past few years, Chinatown has achieved remarkable results, reaching the Champions League qualification zone for three consecutive seasons, although it only finished fourth in the league, but it can beat teams such as Valencia and Sevilla, which shows the overall competitiveness of Chinatown.

Played in the Champions League in two seasons, once in the semi-finals and one in the quarter-finals, and the results were very good on both occasions.

In this case, Chinatown's choice should not be a rookie, at least it should be Emery, Pellegrini, Marcelino and other managers who have proven themselves in La Liga and have coaching experience.

But Zidane didn't believe it at all, but Gao Han seemed very serious, and that serious appearance made Zidane realize that Gao Han was not joking, but really sending out an invitation.

"You...... I ......" Zidane suddenly became distracted.

He was a little caught off guard.

Gao Han smiled slightly, "Don't be nervous, don't rush to agree or refuse, listen to me." ”

Zidane took a deep breath, calmed down, and looked at Gao Han seriously.

"I know what you're going to tell me, you're going to tell me you're a with no coaching experience at all, you're going to tell me that Chinatown has been very successful in the last few years and you're skeptical about yourself because you don't think you're quite ready. ”

"At the very least," Gao Han looked at Zidane with a smile, "and you don't think you're up to the requirements of coaching a Champions League team." ”

The Frenchman smiled bitterly helplessly, what else could he say?

What he thought in his heart was basically said by Gao Han.

"You know, in '08, Barcelona had been asking me to coach and I refused, and I recommended Pep Guardiola, who was skeptical at the time, but I told him that Pep Guardiola would definitely be a good Barcelona manager. ”

"After receiving the invitation from Barcelona, Pep Guardiola's first reaction was the same as you are now, he resisted, he told me that he was not ready, he was afraid that he would lead Barcelona into the ditch, you know, he is a legend of Barcelona and he is afraid of becoming a sinner for Barcelona. ”

Zidane also understands that feeling.

The legendary superstar has the advantage of being a head coach, but there is also a psychological baggage.

But I told him that only by being brave enough to go out and be brave enough to try can we know what the future will be. ”

When Gao Han said this, his eyes fell on Zidane, and he said earnestly: "Today, I also give you this sentence, and at the same time, I also want to tell you that I can never be wrong about people, and you have the ability to coach Chinatown." ”

Zidane was a little flattered by Gao Han's comparison with Pep Guardiola.

Perhaps in terms of professional resume, he is more prominent than Guardiola, but in terms of coaching, he is just a rookie who has just debuted, but Guardiola is already a world-class coach who has achieved fame.

He understands what Gao Han means, Guardiola was also a rookie when he was in charge of Barcelona, but ......

"For a long time, I'm going to focus on two things. ”

Gao Han also seemed to be aware of Zidane's worries, and continued, "First, continue the youth training plan of Chinatown, mainly to promote youth training in China, and at the same time vigorously promote the comprehensive cooperation between China and Spain in youth training, and the second thing is to run Chinatown well." ”

"With me behind you, Cantarero as technical director, if you want, Sergio García, Buenaventura and Pedro Harrow continue to be your assistants, and you can even invite Makelele to assist you, then what do you have to worry about?"

I have to say that Gao Han's words really made Zidane very moved.

Gao Han is like his mentor, Cantarero is also Europe's premier technical director, Sergio Garcia, Buenaventura and Pedro Harrow are all Gao Han's gold assistants, all of them are the top coaches in the industry, how good and professional they are, Zidane has worked together for two years, and knows better than anyone else.

In the past few years, Chinatown has been most praised by insiders for its patience with the head coach.

From general manager Armando Marcos to technical director Cantarero, there is a lot of trust and support for Pochettino, and if he were to change to another team, Pochettino would have been sacked several times.

Judging from the situation in recent seasons, Chinatown is undoubtedly one of the best teams in European football.

Now, coupled with the promise given by Gao Han himself, Zidane should be said to be very tempted.

However, even so, he is still very apprehensive, after all, this is not only an opportunity for him, but also a huge challenge, especially coaching Chinatown, which is definitely a very challenging job.

Fortunately, Gao Han is not in a hurry, after all, it is only early June, and it is impossible to directly ask Zidane to give an answer for the first time, but he believes that the conditions and chips he has offered are still very attractive, and he believes that Zidane will make a wise choice.

At the very least, the current Chinatown is definitely a very ideal platform for him to take the first step in coaching.

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Gao Han didn't say much about coaching, he believed that Zidane would have his own ideas and opinions.

The duo quickly shifted the conversation to the European transfer market this summer, but with the league just over and the Confederations Cup just about to begin, the European transfer market is not yet fully opened, and the teams are still on the fence and operational.

After chatting for more than an hour, Zidane got up and took his leave.

After Gao Han sent him away, he continued to sit in the gazebo.

I closed my eyes, my consciousness moved, and I quickly entered the coaching system.

On the night of the Champions League final, after the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the coaching system sent a notice telling Gao Han that he had completed the task of [Champion Collector].

This is undoubtedly good news that he has been waiting for many years in the cold, and he is in charge of Paris Saint-Germain to accomplish this task.

However, because everyone was celebrating at Wembley Stadium at that time, Gao Han couldn't check it out in the first place, so the matter was delayed.

Later, when he had free time, he entered the coaching system to check the completion of the task and received the task reward, but he fell into a deep dilemma.

After completing this ultimate task, the system presented him with a dilemma.

(End of chapter)