{"id":1111878,"date":"2019-10-22T12:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T11:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1111878"},"modified":"2019-10-22T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T11:05:42","slug":"zidane-admits-bothered-mourinho-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/zidane-admits-bothered-mourinho-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Zidane admits he is &#8216;bothered&#8217; by rumours linking Mourinho to his job at Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zinedine Zidane has conceded rumours linking Jose Mourinho to his current position at Real Madrid irks him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman has come under increasing pressure these last few weeks after overseeing a tentative start to the season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could Mourinho replace Zidane? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>During his first stint at Real, Zidane won an unprecedented three successive Champions League titles.<\/li>\n<li>He left in 2018 but returned earlier this year and has since spent just south of \u00a3300m on new signings.<\/li>\n<li>However, Real have stuttered in La Liga this season and struggled in the Champions League.<\/li>\n<li>This has sparked rumours of a return to Real for Jose Mourinho.<\/li>\n<li>Zidane has now conceded speculation regarding his position as Real manager &#8216;bothers&#8217; him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7399272\/embed\/v4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Real spent stratospheric amounts in the summer with Zidane recruiting the likes of\u00a0Eden Hazard,\u00a0Luka Jovic,\u00a0Ferland Mendy and Eder Militao.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has masterminded just five wins from nine in La Liga and has seen his side humbled 3-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in Europe, as well as failing to beat\u00a0Club Brugge on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>As such, Mourinho &#8211; who has been out of work since December 2018 &#8211; has been linked with a move back to his former dugout, much to the annoyance of the current Los Blancos head coach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1111887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/22112051\/PA-40553743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/22112051\/PA-40553743.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/22112051\/PA-40553743-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/22112051\/PA-40553743-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/22112051\/PA-40553743-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/22112051\/PA-40553743-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Real Madrid&#8217;s Champions League trip to Galatasaray, Zidane told reporters:\u00a0&#8220;In football, people forget what you&#8217;ve done in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The important thing is the present\u2026I&#8217;m not going to say it doesn&#8217;t bother me what is being said about other coaches, because it does.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But what I have to do as a coach is to give everything, get the players to do the same, to give everything \u2013 and that&#8217;s all I can do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great game to play in, a great stadium, Champions League\u2026we know what the situation is and we&#8217;re going to try and win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he felt he could lose his job if Madrid are defeated again, Zidane said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. You can&#8217;t ask me that. All I can do is try and be here as long as I can. I want to be here forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manchester United &amp; Liverpool Ranked From Worst to Best\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LDn2xp26mjE?start=787&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mourinho has already &#8216;chosen another club&#8217; &#8211; Lyon president<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mourinho may be making a considerable impression as a pundit in the Sky Sports studio, recently taking a swipe at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/mourinho-man-utd-job-solskjaer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/a>, but he has made no secret of his desire to return to the managerial hot seat.<\/p>\n<p>And that reunion may be about to unravel sooner rather than later as Lyon president\u00a0Jean-Michel Aulas recently stated that Mourinho rejected his offer to succeed the recently-sacked Sylvinho as he has already \u201cchosen another club\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/jose-mourinho-man-utd-chosen-next-club-lyon-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cWe had some fairly flattering exchanges over SMS. 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