Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos makes Zinedine Zidane claim

With the World Cup now in the books, club football is now set to return and Real Madrid fans must be excited to see Los Blancos back in action. It was heartbreak for a couple of the club’s players though, as Aurelien Tchouameni ended up missing his spot kick in the final against Argentina. Eduardo Camavinga had been brought on as a substitute on the day as well.

The future of the French national team coach, Didier Deschamps, is now up in the air as well and it remains to be seen whether he will continue on or not.

If he did not though, one would assume that Zinedine Zidane would be the hot favourite to replace him as the national team boss. The French legend has been without a job since he departed Real Madrid.

Toni Kroos believes that Zidane would be the best choice to be the France national team’s next manager as well. As reported by AS, Kroos and his brother, Felix, commented on the final for the German streaming platform MagentaTV and the 2014 world champion said during a live football chat:

"“I certainly think Zizou would not only be a good successor, but the best possible successor.“Now, the big question is: What does Didier (Deschamps) want? Let’s say I think there is a 70:30 chance for Zizou to become the new coach. I usually think Zizou really wants to return to training.”"

Real Madrid hero makes Zidane claim after France’s World Cup final defeat vs Argentina

Before anything else, one has to say that Deschamps has done an incredible job with the French national team. They won the World Cup in 2018 and were the runners up this time around.

Yes, they do have a very talented squad. But so do many other teams, who have failed to show that kind of consistency. On top of that, one has to remember that they were missing key players like N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Christopher Nkunku and Zinedine Zidane this time around, and still made the final.

Thus, if Deschamps wanted to continue on, one would think that he would remain in the job. But Zidane has been linked for a long time as well, and could be the perfect replacement for his former teammate.