Zinedine Zidane turns down USMNT’s offer to replace Gregg Berhalter as head coach

Football
Published 07.01.2023
Zinedine Zidane turns down USMNT’s offer to replace Gregg Berhalter as head coach

Zinedine Zidane has rejected a profitable supply to switch Gregg Berhalter as the top coach of the US males’s nationwide soccer workforce, reported L’Equipe.

The US FA supplied the previous World Cup-winning France legend a excessive wage and a three-year contract, culminating with the 2026 World Cup. The subsequent version of the World Cup can be collectively hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Zidane, nevertheless, rejected the deal as he deliberate to stay in Europe. The former attacking midfielder is presently with none membership since he coached Real Madrid for 2 phrases (2016-18 and 2019-2021).

Before the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, there have been talks of the 50-year-old taking on the reins of the French nationwide workforce from Didier Deschamps. But that hypothesis ultimately ended on Saturday with the France FA extending the contract of Deschamps for 3 extra years after he guided France to the 2018 World Cup win and a runner-up end within the 2022 World Cup.

Berhalter is presently beneath investigation after a 1991 incident of home violence surfaced lately. His contract expired final week after he guided the USMNT to the quarterfinal end in Qatar final month and presently Anthony Hudson is working because the interim supervisor for USMNT’s worldwide assignments in January.