
A move to France or Italy looks most likely in the long term, but an extended break was probably timely given the notorious demands placed on any manager in Madrid.

Nevertheless, you don’t get much more A-List stardust for your buck than the 49-year-old. While it’s hard to feel sorry for a man with a trophy cabinet and honours list as extensive as Zidane, it does seem the Frenchman is still viewed with scepticism in some quarters over how his approach and tactics would work away from his beloved Real Madrid. If anything, the Frenchman boasts a better CV than the Southampton boss, with his adventurous tactical style winning both admirers and honours at Zurich and Dortmund. While his time at Borussia Dortmund ended in rather brutal fashion in December 2020, Favre remains one of the brightest minds in the game, and his body of work should make him a racing certainty to be interviewed by any ambitious Premier League outfit – with Newcastle reportedly just one club that sounded him out after parting ways with Steve Bruce.Ī Favre appointment could have echoes of Ralph Hasenhüttl should he arrive in English football, given the Saints boss was prematurely written off by many after his time at RB Leipzig ended on a sour note.

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