Real Madrid ‘monitoring Mauricio Pochettino’ with view to replacing Zinedine Zidane as manager this summer amid dressing room tensions
- Real Madrid ‘wish to keep an open dialogue with Mauricio Pochettino’
- It comes amid mounting speculation Zinedine Zidane will leave in the summer
- Real are currently top of La Liga but there have been tensions in dressing room
- Former Spurs manager Pochettino has been a free agent since November
- Argentine is highly regarded by the hierarchy at the Santiago Bernabeu
Real Madrid ‘are keeping tabs on Mauricio Pochettino’ with a view to potentially replacing Zinedine Zidane in the summer.
The Argentine former Tottenham manager is highly regarded by the Bernabeu hierarchy and is expected to return to work during the off-season.
According to The Independent, Real have asked to be kept aware of Pochettino’s intentions regarding his next job in case they want to replace Zidane.
Real Madrid ‘are monitoring Mauricio Pochettino’ ahead of a possible manager switch
Zinedine Zidane could move on in the summer amid suggestions of tensions with key players
Though Real defeated Barcelona 2-0 in Sunday’s Clasico to return to the top of the La Liga table, there have been tensions behind the scenes this season.
They lost 2-1 to Manchester City last week in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie amid rumblings of discontent at Zidane’s methods from senior players.
It marks a stark contrast to Zidane’s first spell at the Bernabeu in which he won three consecutive Champions League crowns, the league title and two FIFA Club World Cups.
Mariano Diaz (second left) scored Real’s second goal as they beat Barcelona in the Clasico
Pochettino has been a free agent since being dismissed as Tottenham manager in November
He returned to the job last March after an attempt to extract Pochettino from Tottenham failed.
However, they could eventually get their man this summer with the club asking for a clear channel of communication to Pochettino.
