Zidane rejects $160m deal to train Saudi football team

French football legend Zinedine Zidane has rejected a deal of $80 million a year to manage Saudi Pro League team Al-Nassr FC, sports news site Foot Mercato reported on Thursday.

Zidane was offered a two-year €150 million ($160 million) contract to manage the Riyadh-based club for which Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo is currently playing.

The former coach of Real Madrid was the first choice of the Saudi team to replace fellow Frenchman Rudi Garcia, who was sacked in April following the team's poor performance and rumours of locker room tensions with some of his players.

Zinedine Zidane is a former French Icon and a Real Madrid legend. He was born on 23 June 1972, in Frnace, Marseille to Algerian Parents.

He is one of the most majestic football players to ever grace the Football Pitch. He played for nearly a decade for the French National team and Real Madrid. He was the main pillar for both the teams and played a major role in their success.

He also won the 1998 World Cup with the France National team.

Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, ball control and technique. He received many individual accolades as a player, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d’Or.

Throughout his career Zizou, has earned quite a fortune from playing for some of the top clubs in Europe and brand endorsements with some of the biggest brands like Adidas, Lego, Audi, Volvic, France Telecom, Orange, Christian Dior. He also appeared in commercial broadcast for Louis Vuitton. Zidane can also often be seen in other advertisements alongside many other football players. He was one of the main faces to wear and promote Adidas Predator boots. All this things has earned him so much money one can possibly only imagine.

But today we are here to talk about Zinedine Zidane’s house. With his $135 millions of net worth, Zinedine Zidane owns several properties and houses around the world but during his stint as the Real Madrid manager he lived in a Lavish mansion in the capital city of Spain.

Zinedine Zidane’s house has everything one can dream of from floor to floor cellings and lavish furnitures to gigantic kitchen and bedrooms, including all the other amenities.

The former Madrid Boss, Zinedine Zidane owns a $6 Millions four bedroom mansion which includes a home cinema for Zidane to spend quality time with his children and wife, a home office, a gaming room and a parking lot which can easily fit several sports cars, as we all know Zizou owns several cars like Audi RS3, Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG which he oftenly used while travelling from Bernabeu.

Zinedine Zidane house also has a infinity swimming pool, sauna and jacuzzi, and a indoor gym as well. His house is very big and spacious where he just relaxes and spends his free time.

Ref: Zidane rejects $160m deal to train Saudi football team (middleeastmonitor, livebeyondsports)