Zidane is amongst the elite
The football world witnessed the most expensive transfer when Real Madrid signed Zidane from Juventus in 2001. Having won the World Cup with France in 1998, Zizou was looking for further success as he joined the company of the 'Galacticos'. He retired a legend at Real after helping them win the 2002 Champions League with a thunderous left foot volley. Nobody back then knew what an impact the man would have on the club's history. After sacking Rafael Benitez mid season, Real Madrid appointed its Castilla coach Zidane at the helm of the main team, a team full of superstars. As inexperienced as he may have been, he managed every player carefully to yield success within half-a-season. At the end of his six months in charge, Real had won the Champions League and beaten Barcelona at Camp Nou to push the La liga race right to the end of the wire. As the 16/17 season started, the team was missing a few players due to injury. So he gave opportunity to young talents like As...