Zidane Won't Follow Beckham
(Goal.com) - Zinedine Zidane has rejected the chance to come out of retirement and join David Beckham in the MLS after reports linked him with a move to LA Galaxy.
The former France international midfielder, who is now a United Nations Development Program's Goodwill Ambassador, was publicly invited to move to the United States by Galaxy chief Alexei Lalas, but he does not want to make a come back.
After retiring from the professional game after the World Cup Final last summer, Zidane has been involved in charity and commerical work and does not feel the urge to start playing once more.
"I will not come back, no," he said.
"When you stop for a year, it's very hard to start again. What matters to me today is the chance to do everything I couldn't do before - spending time with my family and my friends, promoting some events and discovering the world.
"There is life after football - or, at least, there has been for me. The past 12 months have been very different, but my life is as full now as it was when I was playing football."
Zidane believes that Beckham has made the right decision to try a new start in Caliornia and was delighted to see his former team-mate lift the title before leaving Madrid.
"I respect his decision and I wish him all the best in his new life," he continued.
"I was very happy, because I consider myself to be Madrid's number one supporter. They produced an amazing turnaround in the second half of the season," he added.
"I am really happy for them to have recovered in such a manner. It was good for the team, good for the club and great for the players, particularly David Beckham. He deserved to win a title before leaving Madrid."
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Posted by: Keeeper King | July 15, 2007 01:52 PM
Becckam's move was good for Beckham and MLS, Zidane has made the best move for him. I respect it and so should everyone else. In the future however, Zidane may change his mind.
Posted by: Tesoro | July 15, 2007 08:34 PM
keeper king is right zidane might change his mind or i think beckham isnt worth 250 million if you give zidane that its worth it and instead of spending 250 million on one player you could spend it on the galaxy players which theyll all play good if they get good money
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zidane wont come here cause he is scared.....he will suck in the USA................ he is no good ITALY shut down his soccer playing abilities FORZA ITALIA!!!!!
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what about C. Ronaldo going to the MLS that whould be amazy and mls would really shoot up
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this is to "artur", you are seriously out of line for saying that about zidane... hes played for like some twenty years or something... honestly now if you have any respect for the game you will keep your mouth buttoned and leave zidane alone. you may have these horrible comments about this, but keep them to yourself, mate. nobody wants to hear it. zidane did what was right for him, and you should respect him for it. he's a better player and all around person then you'll ever be.
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