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jag87
29-07-2003, 11:57
TWO MORE YEARS AND I QUIT, SAYS ZIDANE

World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane intends to retire when his Real Madrid contract expires in 2005.

The Real Madrid midfielder, the most expensive player in the world, said he will hang up his boots at the age of 33 after four years at the Bernabeu.

Zidane, who scored twice in the World Cup final in 1998 and the winner in the Champions League final last year, cost Real £46.5 million when they signed him from Juventus in 2001.

Zidane is currently in China with Real on their three-week pre-season tour, and he said: "I have two years left to my contract with Real Madrid and until then I will play as well as possible, whatever the competition. After those two years I will retire."

His final matches for France are set to come at next summer's European Championships in Portugal, given that he has ruled himself out of the 2006 World Cup.

Zidane was a member of the France teams which won the World Cup in 1998 and European Championships in 2000 and has 82 caps for his country.


http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,1860-1098468,00.html
rebusrahman
29-07-2003, 12:00
Good idea I say. Go out at the top.
jag87
29-07-2003, 12:01
the next 2 seasons may be flops however i doubt that
rebusrahman
29-07-2003, 12:07
Unlikely. The biggest problem Real have (and therefore Zidane) is where to play Beckham. And what to do with all the money they'll make.
fastcow10
29-07-2003, 12:09
Spoof, summer of '05 we'll be reading 'Zidane signs £20m' Qatar deal' or something.
rebusrahman
29-07-2003, 12:31
Becks will go to the US to end his career, I reckon!
wixon
29-07-2003, 14:22
zidane, figo and Beckham are all around the same age and so could be retiring together. that would leave real with a bit of a problem.
rebusrahman
29-07-2003, 14:39
I'm sure they'll find replacements! Figo, Zidane then Beckham will retire or move on.
jag87
30-07-2003, 16:08
beckham is 28, figo 31 and zz is 31.
elliottume
30-07-2003, 17:16
It would be good to retire at the top, like Shearer with his international career, and unlike a certain David Seaman...
jag87
30-07-2003, 22:15
do you think schmiechal retired at the top? he had a blinding game against liverpool.
rebusrahman
01-08-2003, 16:24
He left Utd cos he was past his best I think. And I thought Figo was 32?
jag87
01-08-2003, 16:49
figos past it now and hell make way for beckham.