How Zinedine Zidane, who has been a known French international player during his regime, treats his wife is again proven when he took a major stake in a local French club his wife is interested in. Notably, the club he just bought exclusively for his wife is not a big club nor it has any big soccer name, and furthermore the club was almost reaching its liquidation, so is a major investment out of personal money worthy on such a club? Yes, if your wife wants it, this is what Zidane thinks about his new purchase. Now, when men treat their wife / girlfriend as worthy only for chocolates and pastries, he has set an example whereby he can do both: serve his favorite game and cool his wife. However, it is not confirmed as of now that whether he will be a part of club’s day to day activities or he will just be the think tank behind club’s major decisions, but anyway, it is a great attempt to cherish his association with soccer by buying a club which was almost dying.
Zidane, now 40, retired from soccer in 2006. He has been a big name in French football; perhaps he helped Juventus and Real Madrid win European trophies along with being an integral part of French international team that won 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. While speaking at BBC’s World Football program, he showed his pleasure of being on the board of investors, he said, “Some people came to see me about their ambitions for Rodez football club and it seemed interesting. Things needed to be done and I wanted to help out.
“I come from the streets, a difficult neighbourhood. I have never forgotten my roots. It’s not because you work for the biggest club in the world that you forget everything beforehand. It’s thanks to my in-laws that I have discovered this club and family. I love this region and spending time here and I feel at home.”
Club’s president Jean Francois also said how much they were in need of money for survival, he added, “We had serious financial difficulties because we are in a region which is not very well developed economically. So we have few financial sponsors and the local Government gives us less and less money. With budget cuts the club fell from the third to the fourth division. Some of our players were on three-year contracts that we were forced to keep, so our club went into debt.”