Zinedine Zidane hasn't done too shabby at Real Madrid has he? He won the Champions League, Europe's most coveted prize, in his first season in first-team management.
Granted he's got a fairly decent set of players to work with but Real had been underperforming under Rafa Benitez before Zidane stepped in and turned it around.
Even though his position is far from being under threat, Los Blancos already appear to be planning for the future in the managerial department.
Real are said to be monitoring the situation of Borussia Dortmund's Thomas Tuchel, according to the German club's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke.
Tuchel, former coach of Mainz, has received praise for bringing an exciting brand of football to Dortmund, with whom he guided to a second-placed finish and the German cup final in his first season at the helm.
Having invested in blossoming young talent such as Ousmane Dembele, Christian Pulisic and Emre Mor, it's no surprise that Madrid are taking an interest in him
Watzke spoke of Real's interest to German TV channel ZDF.
He said:
"I have a good relationship with Real Madrid and I believe that they are tracking him [Tuchel]."
"After the season Thomas had with us, Real have taken account of what a first-class coach we have.'Florentino Perez [Madrid president] has not asked me about him yet. We are not worried about losing him if Madrid wanted him now. Thomas Tuchel has a contract with Dortmund."
However the club director is not concerned, as the 43-year old is still relatively young in the management game and has more to achieve at Dortmund.
"His situation is different to that of a player. A player at the age of 28 or 29 might only have three years in him and could ask us not to deny him such a move. 'Thomas is still a very young coach, he could still coach at whatever club he wants for 20 years or so."
According to: http://www.thesportbible.com/
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