Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid The French coach announced his exit in a shock press conference on Thursday, just a few days after completing a European Cup treble with Los Blancos A historic chapter has reached its conclusion at Real Madrid. Zinedine Zidane has left the Spanish side after two and a half seasons in charge and having led the club to three straight Champions League crowns. It is, understandably, a big surprise. Zidane appeared before the media at Madrid's training ground at Valdebebas on Thursday in a hastily organised press conference which quickly aroused suspicions that this was the end. The Frenchman had met with president Florentino Perez and the club's general director Jose Angel Sanchez on Wednesday to talk about next season and the plans for reshaping the squad this summer. But even though Zidane has always insisted that he did not know how long his tenure would last, there was no inkling that he would walk away so soon, just days after leading R...