Girondins de Bordeaux have their eyes firmly set on Zinedine Zidane. They see him as the man to take over the helm of the club before the likes of Pochettino or Christian Gourcuff. The Frenchman's return even has the local mayor on the edge of his seat. "It would be fantastic, something like a return to Bordeaux's golden era of football", Alain Juppé remarked, dreamily.

Bordeaux will soon be making a new tempting offer to Zidane and are wanting to meet with him in Madrid in the next few days. Meanwhile, Zizou has assured in declarations to L'Equipe that the whole thing is nothing more than hot air.

"As always, the whole world is talking about it, and as always, I have to answer - I have had no contact with Mónaco, as I have heard. To conclude, I have not contacted with anybody. I have a contract with Real Madrid and my only priority is Real, la Liga and the Champions League final", he insisted.

Jean-Lois Triaud is Bordeaux's president and the biggest shareholder of M6, France's biggest TV network. He has offered Zidane a project for two years after which he would be free to manage Real. This is, together with the France national team, Zizou's dream and he has it clear that if he were ever to leave for another club, he would insert a clause into his contract that would free him up if 'Los Blancos' were to come knocking.