THE ZIDANE' GAME! This is How Zidane Cheated PSG and Mbappe!

The leadership of PSG did not keep the main promise given to Kylian Mbappe when signing a new contract. The atmosphere in the club offices and team's dressing room in Paris has noticeably heated up, although the season hasn't even started yet. Zinedine Zidane is to blame for the mess, which has already begun to demolish the sand castles Nasser Al-Hilafi whispered about to his main star. Right, you've understood everything correctly. The great Zizou will not be in charge of Paris Saint-Germain, despite many insiders previously claiming otherwise, like Zidane is the future coach of PSG. Kylian Mbappe also believed in such a miracle, whilst resigning until 2025 with a broad smile and giving interviews on the great ambitions of the sports project. But no, the arrival of Zidane will not happen, thus forming a chain of more issues that the regions are about to face in the upcoming campaign. What games Zidane is playing with PSG? Why did Zinedine reject Paris at the last moment? Emmanuel Macron got involved in this action-packed series. Friends, you are on the Football Club channel. Football Club is a project that provides high-quality journalism of our beloved number one game. Subscribe if you love football and want to know absolutely everything about your favorite kind of sport. Without further ado, we return to Zidane and PSG. After being eliminated from Real Madrid in the Champions League, and after Kylian Mbappe's sensational announcement of his contract extension, everyone was convinced that Zinedine Zidane should take PSG job. It all comes together. Paris were in talks with the French icon throughout the season and convinced Mbappe to stay not only by an unbelievable contract, but by a promise to poach Zizou to the Parc des Princes. At the end of May, the Red and Blue's bosses switched from words to actions. Mbappe had full power and happily got rid of Leonardo. Now, Kylian's old friend, Luis Campos, who was behind the legendary Monaco of the 2016-17 season, is in charge of signings. Mbappe's idea is clear. The club took aboard the transfer wizard who twice outstripped PSG in the era of Qatari investments, at the 2016-17 season with Monaco and Kylian himself, and in the 2020-21 season with Lille. An amazing move from Donatello. Leonardo doesn't even have that kind of reputation. Pochettino's sacking and the appointment of Zidane were to follow up the success. And then deals, deals, deals. Mbappe would look at the new season with delight and think with relief. Yep, I've made the right choice to sign a new contract. However, even if there were no problems with showing the exit door to the unfortunate coach from Argentina, as the Qataris will easily pay the redundancy fee amount, be it 15 or 20 million euros, then the case with Zidane's appointment turned to be absolutely unexpected scenario. Zizou changed his mind at the last moment, at the moment when Paris Saint-Germain had already been preparing his presentation. Let's dwell on this fascinating story in more detail. Since the beginning of June, more updates on the future of PSG coach began to appear in the media. Seemed like things went clockwork. The well-respected journalist in French football circles, Daniel Riolo, really blew up the internet on June 10th, stating that Zidane will still become PSG boss. It was Riolo who announced that Messi would move to PSG in December 2020 and gave an insider on Mbappe deciding to refuse Real and sign a new imperialty agreement in April of this year. That's why PSG supporters already started celebrating. This guy can be trusted. A less reliable source, Mundo Deportivo, picked up the pace by telling everyone that PSG management agreed to fulfill all the requirements of Zidane. He was to become the highest-paid coach in the world, receiving more than 40 million euros per season. Bear in mind Kylian Mbappe still representing the team and the fact of the coach having full control of the sports block. On June 11th, Zizou was supposed to hold the final round of talks in Qatar. And apparently, something went wrong at this meeting with the owners. Here are some proofs to give you an idea of just how close Zidane was to joining PSG. Firstly, the name of his assistant was known. It was supposed to be Claude McAuley, who, as it was revealed later on, even took part in the negotiation process. Secondly, the transfer of Paul Pogba to Juventus almost failed because of Zidane. The midfielder found out about the upcoming appointment of Zizou and wanted to work with him. Thirdly, PSG made an unprecedented concession for a top club and was not opposed to Zidane coaching the French national team in parallel. RMC Sport, which should also be trusted, had information according to which PSG and Zidane have advanced in negotiations so much that the Parisians have already begun to prepare for a magnificent presentation of their new coach. Unfortunately, Zidane rejected the offer at the last moment, explaining his decision that the right time has not yet come and that his priority now is the French national team he wants to lead after the 2022 World Cup in case the stars align and the right time comes for such a step. At least Mbappe will finally work alongside Zizou. The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, turned to many strategies in order to convince the manager what mountains of gold await him. Even agreed to return that infamous statue named after Zizou and Materazzi to the streets of Doha. We recall that this work of art resulted in a huge controversy and the local society clicks, causing discontentment of Islamic conservatives who said that the figures promote idolatry. So it was decided to remove the whole thing. It happened back in 2013. But now Emir was ready for anything and even to bring the infamous statue back. But this was not enough either. Zizou could also be offered to participate in some commercial projects in Qatar. According to the newspaper Marca, a similar offer was made to Vinicius so that he would not sign a new contract with Real Madrid. If Vini was offered to hit the jackpot, then with Zidane, there was an even more significant case. French President Emmanuel Macron was also connected to the negotiations. This trick proved to be worthy of use in the story of Mbappe's contract renewal. Here's what Macron said on June 9, on the eve of the final round of negotiations between Zidane and the PSG leadership in Qatar. I haven't spoken to Zinedine Zidane, but I have immense admiration for him, the player, the coach. We really want to have in the French Championship an athlete and coach of this talent who has been able to bring back three major cups that we covered a lot for our clubs. I wish for the influence of the French Championship and for France that he comes back and that he comes to train a big French club. It would be great. It's my role to say that France is a great nation of sport and football, that there are great audiences who love this sport. It's important to us that the best of those who have trained, who shone at the international level, can return. Macron said in an interview with RMC Sport. These wishes of Macron regarding the fate of Zidane were quickly disseminated by the media. And perhaps this stands among the reasons which prevented Zidane to lead PSG. This stellar Frenchman considered his words excessive and unbearable, then remembered the capricious dressing room of PSG and thought, do I really need all of it now? PSG dressing room is reason number two. Zidane understands the scope of their building. With a relatively fine defense, the one or two names would do good too. He also needed world-class midfielders to win the Champions League. In Paris, there is only one of these. Marco Verratti. And what one can do with a stellar attacking line, which can fall apart at any second. Next year, Messi will turn 35. Neymar is 30, but gets injured a lot. And Mbappe. Mbappe is a perfect striker, but he has too much power within the club. Moreover, all these guys are extremely difficult to handle, if we are talking about character. Current Paris Saint-Germain cannot boast of a manageable environment. Looks like Zidane made the right choice after all. Reason number three. Zidane is a fan of Real Madrid, Marseille and Juventus. Let's be honest here. PSG is not a club for Zidane's heart. He loves Real Madrid, Marseille and Juventus. Such a choice of the legend would have extremely negative results, especially in Madrid. If taken into account, the war between the clubs that erupted after the latest decision of Kylian Mbappe. Marseille fans would also be disappointed with Zizou. Because it was on the streets of this stunning port city that little Zidane took his first football steps. Based on these heavy mental reflections, Zidane decided not to betray his principles, his beliefs and not be led by Qatar money. This is not how the story of the great Zizou should be told. And these were mind games Zidane was playing with PSG. He just twisted them around his finger and showed that true greatness cannot be bought. One must fight for it and deserve it. What do you think about Zidane's decision? Was he right or not? Press like if you support Zidane and don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our work. Pause the video and do it. We will be very pleased. Folks, you were with The Football Club, a channel that publishes videos with only high-quality football journalism. Further on, things may get even more interesting. Bye-bye!