How would Zinedine Zidane fare managing Manchester United? | ESPN FC Extra Time

[@idontmakevideos1356]

Zidane knows how to get the best of talents and how to gain the respect of the locker room. Would also be working with Ronaldo again as well. With Zidane, they would be title contenders

[@VARedevil19]

SPOT ON

[@alexespinal1059]

Bro he got carried by Ronaldo chill he gets lucky just like ole

[@4thGenna.]

Is this even a rumor though lol? This is what I mean by sheeps 😆. I rather talk about something that's realistic as we speak. There's no rumor of Zidane to MU but here we are talking about it because ESPN asked an hypothetical 😂

[@VARedevil19]

@@alexespinal1059 You know nothing, he won La Liga without Ronaldo and almost won another by 1point. Without spending much

[@C100-n2b]

A CDM absent will cost them

[@pheaseyy]

It’s too bad we didn’t get to hear the full story but I love hearing the guys talk about their experiences in football. It’s really a cool window into everything that goes on and it’s very humanizing seeing how normal everyone is when they don’t have to be super professional. Hearing small personal things like Craig saying he was so homesick and Shaka as well really helps understand where their opinions come from and make them so much more relatable. Im constantly drawn back to these espn fc guys.

[@ishi7190]

100%

[@smelltheflowers3049]

try kick back with nedum podcast, you get a real insight on some footballers careers both current and passed. it is a great podcast.

[@etoledo18]

Aww they had to edit Craig story out

[@amatya]

Yeah audio screwed up at the end there @EspnFC

[@HeyNateMiller]

Craig: “She use to write me letters saying I’m breaking up with you, but then she get my letter two weeks later with me saying, no, I’m breaking up with you”.

[@yashveer2269]

Zidane is that Manager who, when he thinks his management wouldnt be effective, he would simply leave so that someone better comes. You have to respect that about him. No drama, No negativity amongst the fans and manager. ❤️

[@thebridge5483]

It’s smart

[@anjorinkolawolesamuel2279]

exactly man

[@qaysqalid1860]

Basically zidane is sir alex 2.0

[@MC-br1gk]

Come on ExtraTime! Share Craig's story! I'm sure Dan has said worse.

[@Tattooed_Gent]

I was thinking the same, then remembered ESPN is owned by Disney and they’re super PG.

[@entertaindane7957]

It's not dirty. it's on the podcast.

[@jermainepeart9498]

@@entertaindane7957 save all of us.... What did he say?

[@HeyNateMiller]

@@Tattooed_Gent I knew Gab and Jules was on Spotify, but not the entire ESPN segment! What colour is your cape?

[@VrooooAM]

@@entertaindane7957 what podcast?

[@greatwhite3614]

zidane only coached rm because he loves the club and papa perez requested him to take the job.i don’t think he is the type of manager who leaves one big club and joins another.because it made more sense for him to manage Juventus instead of pirlo.

[@rasalmoidu4997]

Zidane's tactical capability is very much under rated.

[@qaysqalid1860]

I 👂 the opposite hahaha

[@CGonz1406]

I was really hoping to hear that story from Craig.

[@ismailowolabi2507]

Turns out Craig is just a human who loves talking about himself when the atmosphere is right. Why does he then pretend like he doesn't care?

[@johnnydeleon8210]

Part of his persona

[@Wayfa40]

Craig is a Ledge

[@cjj9127]

For entertainment and his career ending the way it did affected him he’s said that before it became painful for him

[@Nemophilist850]

So people don't expect much from him.

[@user-qx5nk6qg2b]

This is insecurity personified.

[@timmyggztv]

Zidane one of the greatest of all time

[@lenapaulsstepbrother2338]

Zidane won 3 UCLs in a row, but OH NO he has no PL experience. Man, PL and English tax is so annoying.

[@lenapaulsstepbrother2338]

@Dhruv rathee What are you talking about? It is just the truth. A couple days ago I saw a guy on talksport who said that Benzema and Lewandowski couldn't be the best strikers in the world because they don't play in the PL. That's just a bunch of bs.

[@kyleboswell1381]

Truth! Especially since English players aren't that good. They just have the money so they have a lot of the players. La Liga dominated the UCL and Europa for a long time. The PL is overrated for sure. That said it's a good league but Benz and Lewandowski can tap in anywhere. Put Benz on Cities team and he will be a scoring machine. Lmfao member when people seriously thought Messi would play in the PL. Member those trolls. Yeah I member. Me too i member. Member Forest Gump? Yeah, oh yeah, definitely I member. Ahh member berries

[@lenapaulsstepbrother2338]

@@kyleboswell1381 Going to take a nap. Wake me up when a Premier League player, who is not called Cristiano Ronaldo, wins the Ballon d'Or.

[@kyleboswell1381]

@@lenapaulsstepbrother2338 bro, that's finna be a long nap. I can't let you do that. You have a 88.2% chance to sleep until you die if you live to be 100. The percentage gets higher the younger you would be.

[@kyleboswell1381]

@Dhruv rathee No

[@cringycook9597]

I think he would turn them into a champions League force and most definitely have a defined way of playing.

[@danielb4468]

And I'm pretty sure he would never even think of coaching such a finished team if we're being fair. No sane coach who has won 3 UCLs in a row would go and coach Europa League merchants. It's the French national team, Madrid or Juve for Zidane. Don't waste your time fantasizing.

[@pat5196]

@@danielb4468 exactly

[@AB-ln6my]

@@danielb4468 Juve plz

[@harichandrarampalli843]

@@danielb4468 Why would he not come to united, They have one of the best squads in europe they have talented world class players and zidane has some of his past madrid transfer targets like de gea, pogba are playing for them and he has varane and ronaldo as well do he would do a good job making them contenders.

[@johnwall4mvp463]

Craig's story was so dirty they had to censor the rest of the segment????? Props to the editor that has to pump these out so quickly tho that schedule must be crazy

[@entertaindane7957]

It's not dirty. it's on the podcast.

[@Spiderwebb92]

That's what I said too lol

[@thamlinmoodley9310]

I wanna hear what he said after.. I'm breaking up with you

[@lucafigueiredo6005]

I wanted to hear the story

[@matipelmatip]

don't think it was censoring because the whole video got muted suddenly, even the bit at the end.. I think it's just a technical issue... wish they would fix it then re-upload it.

[@alexguerrier9363]

Was a great question and conversation for the last bit. Really got insight on what it was like for them during their trials. Shame the audio cuts off around 21:00

[@thamlinmoodley9310]

Hi guys. Great show. After Burnley said "I'm breaking up with you" the sound goes off. Please check and recheck. We wanna know what he said. Cheers 🥂

[@yrureadingthisname]

Have a feeling Craig might have said something... problematic lol

[@reneramirez4020]

I get a feeling Zidane will come back to Madrid once the teams gets bigger stars. He’s the perfect person to manage these huge stars.

[@jean-yvesmartin6934]

Everyone in France knows that Zidane is simply waiting for Deschamps to leave or get fired. He wants Les Bleus

[@greatwhite3614]

@@jean-yvesmartin6934 yeah.

[@sammy_1178]

@@jean-yvesmartin6934 Zidane should go to psg tbh, pochettino can't cut it

[@issiwest2383]

@@sammy_1178 He’s from Marseille and he’s said that he would NEVER manage PSG.

[@muhammadalikhan6759]

Dude ancelloti is better than zidane. Zidane has literally learned from him. Ancelloti will make them monsters.

[@RisingPhoenix619]

Zidane would be perfect for United

[@danielb4468]

Zidane who won 3 UCLs in 5 years as a manager would never ever go and coach Europa League merchants mate. He's waiting for Deschamps to step down as the France national tram coach after the 2022 world cup to take over. So quit your wishful thinking and fantasies.

[@salerio1890]

But he wants the French national team job

[@ndlangamie2495]

@@danielb4468 he would be degrading himself at united lol

[@4thGenna.]

Is this even a rumor though lol? This is what I mean by sheeps 😆. I rather talk about something that's realistic as we speak. There's no rumor of Zidane to MU but here we are talking about it because ESPN asked an hypothetical 😂

[@kobemeriez7860]

@@danielb4468 That would actually make him a better manager. That's why Mourinho is better than all of them tbh he manages Below average teams. Pep Never did that he only goes to the beat team in every league. So if Zidane really wanna test himself he would go to United

[@el84oro]

those stories bout craig n shalkes career path is really inspiring, not just for football but life

[@transitionwithtrini1928]

Means a lot to get this deep of a confession from Craig

[@el84oro]

lol it really does.

[@bananaspiel1850]

ESPN ignoring Messi? And Rennes game… PRICELESS.

[@palkeshr]

What else do you expect if he had scored they would be praising him all long

[@aarishansari454]

@@palkeshr Aren't you guys idiot you know how many big teams bottle against small teams ? Real vs Espanyol (real Lost) Bayren vs frankfurt (Bayren lost) Ajax also (lost) Man United drew against Everton Psg vs Rennes (psg lost)

[@aarishansari454]

Espn ignoring the fact that many big teams lost against small teams and thats why they haven't put a video other than man City

[@pratik-393]

Messi fanboys..

[@MrGts92]

Haha so true

[@saifchowdhury3581]

I loved this episode. Well I love most episodes but the answers to the last question about when they realised they can be full professional were amazing. Edit: too bad the sound went out in the last 2 mins. Please upload that part! Please please please

[@governormadea5937]

Loved this episode of extra time.

[@josephomoyajowo8509]

I believe Zidane can be convinced to manage United. As a Madrid fan, a part of me won't want him to but I'd rather he coached United than PSG. He already has players in Man Utd's team that will bleed for him... players like Ronaldo, Varane, Pogba will play their hearts out for him. Another reason I might not want him to coach United is because he will then make Man Utd an attractive destination for Mbappe and other big stars that are Madrid's target. Someone like Pogba would renew if Zidane replaces Ole. We at Madrid don't want that 😄

[@theimmaculated6480]

Zidane doesn’t speak English so it would be hard to coach in England, albeit neither does Bielsa.

[@wishvakrish3583]

Zidane does better than Conte. It doesn’t matter much

[@danielb4468]

Even if he speaks English like Shakespeare, he would never downgrade.

[@pr7ish]

yk who bielsa is right?

[@4thGenna.]

Zidane doesn't even want to coach in England. EPSN just creating irrelevant storyline

[@XhoowieX]

@@4thGenna. they're literally reading questions from twitter you melt

[@-PlayMaker-]

3:20 here we witness Craig try to get a raise lol

[@shane5022]

Craig is actually a great character when he takes it seriously. Glad he's stopped his war against extra time.

[@keyboardking2036]

@ESPN please fire your audio guy, honestly most of these guys audience are mostly because you can tell they say what they really feel. Shaka’s laid back persona, Stevie a reminder of everyone’s gpa, alejandro honest and outrageous opinions and Craig the most easily and hated but loved guy. Lol honestly down to earth guys. And of course there’s half man half elf the host.

[@paulbismuth10]

Zidane needs to be linked emotionally to a club to be its manager. Juve and Real are the only two with the national team i see him taking the job of managing.

[@amoghpalande]

At 21:17 mark, the audio goes silent till the end of video. Has anyone come across this issue?

[@chrisgray7034]

One of the most informative episodes of this show in ages talking about how they started off and the pathway they had to take to get into the professional ranks

[@mosesmadaki]

Hearing the guys talk about how tough it was during their time is very lovely, I just wish they'd try to understand with present footballers and the modern challenges they face now.

[@qasimsajjad3201]

all this talk about zidane being a manchester united manager i feel is useless, yes i would love to have him as manager we all know his class, but i really dont think zidane would want to manage united we nee to ask the question if he actually wants to or not and maybe hes does not want to manage anymore clubs right now

[@danielb4468]

If he wanted to manage any clubs he would've already did, Zidane has the best CV in the world and averages a trophy every 12 games. But Zidane himself would never accept coaching a team like United. You can't go from winning the UCL 3 years in a row to coaching Manchester United sadly. It's just not possible. Plus for now he's just waiting for Deschamps to leave the France job after the 2022 to take over. Everybody knows this by now so why stick to your fantasies and wishful thinking when everyone knows that Zidane to United will never happen simply because Zidane will never bat an eye for the United job.

[@trevg9450]

Love it. Question to Craig, “How do you think Zidane would do at Manchester United “ Craig’s answer “ Good Managers travel well and one thing for sure , he had a better CV than the current Manager “. We still await Craigs’s answer to the question. Something on the order of “Better than Solskjaer or, He’d win Silverware . Can someone get Burely to answer the question.

[@calvinminer4365]

the audio cut out at 20 minutes

[@Subihabsfan]

Ahhh man they cut out Craigs story at the end. Really wanted to know what happens😩😭

[@entertaindane7957]

It's on the podcast.

[@yacob2776]

@@entertaindane7957 link to the podcast?

[@jean-yvesmartin6934]

Zidane is waiting for Deschamps to leave or get fired , everyone in France knows he wants Les Bleus

[@WavvyBlues23]

hes been a very patient man then

[@jean-yvesmartin6934]

@@WavvyBlues23 he said he did not mind and needed a year off

[@LILSLB]

Shaka is an Engineer ❤️

[@moeketsimogotsi2558]

Producer's were like, "that's it, we've heard enough Craig."

[@LouBang718]

I loved Craigs audiobook today👍

[@nikhilsonawane3776]

Zidane has no interest in managing in England

[@mishradd]

Can't espn upload a proper video, now a days there is always some voice missing

[@mightyeagle6902]

Zidane came into Real Madrid when the club is in the ruins to winning the La Liga title. With the worst team available with loads of injury issues. He is a Tactical genius that no one See's. He will be perfect for replacing Ole who doesn't even know what he is doing. He escaped sacking for a long period.

[@shebeshimillion7250]

are you high? They won the CL right before he joined? almost with the same team he won his 3x CL with?

[@mightyeagle6902]

@@shebeshimillion7250 I said about his return not his first spell...

[@bricefolly4524]

Did the sound cut out for you guys too ?

[@rumpelja4922]

Milan vs Inter is also a classic.

[@vip_9613]

In 2007🤣

[@vip_9613]

@@avamia3918 for real 😂

[@amr4336]

@@avamia3918 They still have more UCL titles than every club except Real Madrid though . And the only city with two UCL winning clubs . I would still rank them above the oil clubs like PSG , Man City

[@whitewolf1289]

@@avamia3918 u don't watch their matches u sound non sense

[@temporaryuseraccount0012]

21:16 Dang audio engineer fell asleep at the console again!

[@LILSLB]

I think it's on purpose 🥲

[@fugitivemoses7515]

"Steve Nicol's cooking instructor".😂😂

[@KvnDWr]

Zidane is probably the best person for the job in the world. Nobody deals with big egos and super talented players better than Zidane. Tactically he may not be the best, but he's good enough to win United trophies

[@Ak47Hangu]

Manchester United will be lucky to have someone like Zidane as there coach he don't need a billion dollar squad he just brings the Best out of players I'm 100%sure of this...

[@VrooooAM]

the audio cut out at the end :(

[@icetredotnet6473]

I can hear old trafford singing “zinedine zidane superrrstarrrr”

[@naruchimo2607]

Wow, would be a great combination. United would definitely be the team to fear, he knows how to bring the best individual qualities from players and united have the best atmosphere for that

[@wajihbabar7275]

Any decent manager and United are a team to fear for the next five years. The team is boiling talent but has an amateur like Ole, who seems to be on an internship for three years

[@danielb4468]

Quit your wishful thinking and delusions. Zidane would never even think of coaching Europa League merchants. Imagine going from winning 3 UCLs in 5 years as a coach to playing Europa League football. The closest Zidane will get to coaching United will be in your dreams sadly.

[@nikchoweller]

I love this panel is so much better than skysports!

[@JoFreshFrancis]

They all hate utd

[@kevinclayton1656]

You know I was thinking about him replacing ole a few days ago,I think we now need a new top class manager now,with the talent we have now

[@adityashrivastava8498]

Craig is such a good pundit

[@BWFCLVAREY]

Shame about the sound at the end. Was enjoying that.

[@hadenwesley6548]

Gab, Jules, and Nedum: "saying City need a striker is a fool's argument because it would change how they play!" Rest of the ESPN panel: "City need a striker. It's obvious to everyone."

[@yosefsaqer7135]

Why isn't there time stamps? I can't watch the whole video

[@emitula10]

Football has VAR now.

[@MyWissam]

I really liked this episode ... seeing the human side of these athletes.

[@syed21habib]

Dnt think any epl team can afford zizu. He is the next manger for national team or juve.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Or MAYBE Marseille if they finish top 4 more consistently.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Biggest fixture is the Milan Derby. Along with The Clasico of River and Boca. Le Classique also. Zidane would be fun to see coach Marseille or Juventus.

[@kristoffcampbell]

Zidane would do well

[@AzizMelb]

Craig really opens up to Dan.

[@-wypac5620]

That’s impossible to know until he comes to EPL and becomes the manager of MU

[@Macduff08]

Did anyone else’s sound go near the end?

[@goddy510]

That definition of grealish just come out perfectly as I would define it. 😂

[@enioleyva529]

How you gonna mute the whole end of the clip!

[@AngelOCHOCINCO85]

Where’s the audio????

[@chirichkilipaaripresents]

Zidan can create best unit.... .. and know how to use ronaldo and other talents...

[@skysum5]

no sound around the last part hahahah

[@dakotawolf5155]

Why would they mute the sound??😑

[@mujibalmahbashi4362]

Liverpool and Manchester is the new classico of the world

[@dannygunn140]

Zidane would fair best coaching the French national team. But I would love to see him coach PSG after Poch has won some silverware at least this year. The idea of Zidane coaching Ramos, and Messi is tantalizing! Almost forgot the sweet reunion with Hakimi..hehe!

[@rommeldouglas5604]

He never favoured Hakimi or any young talent at Madrid.

[@KK-uy7zz]

@@rommeldouglas5604 wdym he didn't favour hakimi, he wanted hakimi to stay last season but coz of covid crisis real were forced to sell hakimi If he had stayed he was surely playing regularly

[@rommeldouglas5604]

@@KK-uy7zz Stop read what is innd press they are usually wrong. Check the minutes Hakimi got under Zidane when he was there. Wen Hakimi was Zidane only option to Carvahal who has been injury prone for the better part of d last 5 yrs. You say he wanted him stay last season he was effectively gone by afyer two wonderful seasons playn 1st team football there was no way he was going to stay to be a fringe player under Zidane. Hakimi cud and shud have been trusted prior to going to Dortmund 2 progress d way had there. But Zidane for d most part was workn contrary to d club new policy of workn with young talent with d exception of Vinicious and Rodrygo 2 some extent.

[@KK-uy7zz]

@@rommeldouglas5604 Bruh u seriously expected hakimi to get minutes when he was at Real during Zidane's first stint that team is one of the greatest teams there was no way for him to be in the starting 11 and he was 18 at that time, Zidane did use him as a backup if u remember he played some games in the UCL group stages and la liga as well.

[@michaelpramaha2295]

Zidane to ManUtd, Yes Please!

[@eselvidadebubarico7922]

Does Zidane speak English? Always good to speak the language to love your job in that country

[@brochen2044]

United will be lucky to hire Zizuo

[@ionnicoara6657]

He would fit + he knows how to get everything from Ronaldo

[@1996gallian]

No sound for last 2 minutes

[@Samuel-qe9lj]

Not too bad…help Pogba with French team and Manchester United

[@TheProdigy260592]

Would not be surprised if Zidane goes back to Real Madrid in a few years once the team is built again

[@uberhoofenhoussen4186]

ZZ would never pick Fred, he would arrange for Fred to be sold before he came to the club and probably many others, which would be a good thing, utd have a massive amount of deadwood and nobody would miss them.... Jones/Fred/Lindelof/Telles/Shaw/McT.

Release the Craig Cut!!!

[@caddillass]

Zidane would definitely be better for united than ole 🤦‍♀️ and he understand Ronaldo better that would come handy

[@itdenelll]

What happened to the timestamps

[@MMM08201]

I think I prefer Conte over Zidane

[@Captaint54]

Time stamp?

[@jamesfagan7823]

Burley was right all along ,Solskjear has proved hes lost completely lost

[@abg6461]

Craig Burley was interrupting and irritating so much that the editors shut off the audio and spared us the BS!!! Props to the editors!!!

[@shawnfave5221]

So irritating and annoying

[@susaldabarera7960]

As a United fan I accept that we in serious trouble rn but Psg just lost 2-0 to Rennes. As much as espn says they don’t take shots at United. They just do.

[@silentroad8422]

Craig talk too much, let Frank leboeuf speak , for the love of God. Jeezz 🙄

[@npscholes]

That’s exactly what I was about to post. Craig likes hear himself self talk and his timing is terrible. Dan usually does a good job controlling the conversation but not this rime.

[@dieterr8888]

we want to hear what Craig said.

[@purveshdubey7562]

I thought my earphones were gone

[@mlowefreelance]

Welcome Zidane

[@dermotkelly6946]

Any game with Liverpool in is the biggest in the world 👍

[@rumpelja4922]

Why the audio go out on the good part.

[@omatseyeugen5697]

I know

[@nayoyanamakando2799]

In my opinion I feel man united vs Chelsea and Liverpool vs man utd are one of the most interesting and biggest fixtures right now, even though united is in some kind of shamble!!!

[@shaygonzales3651]

We were robbed of Craig's story

[@Christoffski]

The most curious manager of all time. Jury out yet he's won everything. But he did have prime Ronaldo to do it. One thing he has shown is he can manage egos and the more mercurial talents. Can he build, though?

[@footyballer5345]

He knows you play stars for fans on home games to fill the stadiums and produce revenue. There’s a start!

[@mywifesexualpartner984]

United doesn’t have problems filling stadiums

[@footyballer5345]

@@mywifesexualpartner984 then tolerate the angry fans when you bench your stars. Seems simple!

[@eyesopen66]

Zidane wouldn't be able to manage successfully one of the biggest EPL clubs IMO. I really just think that he hasn't got the experience of the EPL and the other skills necessary to be able to get the job done. Whereas foreign managers like Pep, Klopp, Conte, Mourinho, Mancini et al have all had lots of experience of managing different clubs. Some difficult etc... ZZ got a bye IMO at RM because of his giant Iconic status.

[@thefourthchairman4151]

Tactical wise I don't Zidane is much better than Ole, but I think he's a great motivator and sometimes it is what's needed to achieve success, the situation would be the same like when he took over Real the 1st time I mean anyone right now is worth a try

[@thomasguerrero4387]

Looks like some one haven’t watched Madrid play under zidane lol 😂 he’s good tactical wise

[@thomasguerrero4387]

He won 3 ucl in a row and you can’t not be bad at tactic and win 3 in a row like he knocked out almost all the best managers in Europe and when he left Madrid they was in shambles then he came back and won them la liga and the next he got them second place by one point and the semifinals of champion league with 60+ injuries that season.