Reports: Daily Mail
Zinedine has four sons coming through the Real Madrid academy... so, could they all end up playing for him?
It could be football's greatest ever dynasty – Zinedine Zidane as Real Madrid's head coach and his four sons out on the pitch in the famous white shirts playing for him.
It sounds far-fetched, but then so does the idea that Zidane could be Real's B-team coach and that his offspring would be at various levels of the club's youth system – which is already a reality.
Sportsmail looks at the chances of things going to the next level.
Zinedine Zidane is currently Real Madrid's B-team coach and could replace Carlo Ancelotti at the Bernabeu
Zidane enjoyed a glittering career as a player at Real and his sons are all currently at the academy
The coach
Zinedine Zidane has spent three days in Munich this week under the tutelage of Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid are hoping that what the teacher did for Barcelona the pupil will one day do for them
Club president Florentino Perez has decided he wants the former player to lead the side one day and Zidane is preparing for the possibility that it could come as soon as next season.
He is one of seven French coaches spending this week at Bayern Munich's training facilities where along with former Real Madrid team-mate Claude Makelele he is seeing first hand how Guardiola works.
Next season he could be in the same position Guardiola was in 2008 – having graduated from his club's youth system to take charge of the first team. He will cut the same sharp-suited imposing figure on the touchline and he will command the same respect among rivals, players and media, but will he be as prolifically successful?
Zidane visited Bayern's training ground with Bernard Diomede (left) and Claude Makelele (right) this week
Real hope Zidane can emulate Pep Guardiola's transition from a player to boss with Barcelona and Bayern
Zidane's son Theo scores a very Zidane like goal for Real Madrid
Zidane currently coaches Real Madrid's second team, Castilla, in one of Spain's four regional third-tier divisions. If Castilla win their division they will go into a play-off for a place in the second division next season. But by then Carlo Ancelotti may have moved on and Zidane may have stepped up to replace him.
There is no question a career as a coach is what the former Ballon d'Or and World Cup winner wants. As well as this week's masterclass with Guardiola he has also been to Marseille to watch Marcelo Bielsa work.
He wants to coach the France team one day and if their 2016 campaign on home soil were to end in tears there would be calls for him to take charge of the national side he once lead to the biggest prize in football.
The Madrid job will probably come before the national team however. Those who have seen him at close quarters on the training pitch say he's inspirational and has none of that haughtiness that sometimes prevents great players from being able to improve lesser mortals.
Zidane lead France to World Cup glory in 1998 and is touted as a future national team coach
With Zidane in charge, Real Madrid's Castilla team are in one of Spain's four regional third-tier divisions
Zidane fights for the ball with Manchester United's Roy Keane during a Champions League tie in 2003
He's tough and media-savvy after years of coping with the intense spotlight shone on him in France where he is adored far more than Michel Platini – his rival as the country's greatest ever player, but one who never won the World Cup.
Ultimately expecting him to emulate Guardiola might be asking too much – the Bayern Munich coach's tactical brain and obsessive character make him unique.
He also has the baggage of having been so good as a player. Diego Maradona and Pele never made it as MANAGERs, but Alfredo di Stefano and Johan Cruyff did, so there are precedents.
Johan Cruyff was a fine player and also excelled as a MANAGer,at Barcelona
Enzo Zidane scores winner in Real Madrid C 3-2 Atletico C match
Enzo Zidane Fernandez is the star of Real Madrid C and is already a Spain Under 19 international
Enzo's style as a gifted No 10 with Real's lower ranks most resembles that of his father
Luca Zidane Fernandez has impressed at Real Madrid as a goalkeeper while Iker Casillas (right) struggles
Zinedine watches a Thai boxing match with son Luca in Bangkok in 2007
Zidane's son Theo scores a very Zidane like goal for Real Madrid
Elyaz (left, 10) and Theo (right, 12) are both in Real boys' teams and could play for Spain, France or Algeria
Theo Fernandez (right,) scored a superb goal Real's youth side after a wonderful left-footed touch
Zinedine has four sons coming through the Real Madrid academy... so, could they all end up playing for him?
It could be football's greatest ever dynasty – Zinedine Zidane as Real Madrid's head coach and his four sons out on the pitch in the famous white shirts playing for him.
It sounds far-fetched, but then so does the idea that Zidane could be Real's B-team coach and that his offspring would be at various levels of the club's youth system – which is already a reality.
Sportsmail looks at the chances of things going to the next level.
Zinedine Zidane is currently Real Madrid's B-team coach and could replace Carlo Ancelotti at the Bernabeu
Zidane enjoyed a glittering career as a player at Real and his sons are all currently at the academy
The coach
Zinedine Zidane has spent three days in Munich this week under the tutelage of Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid are hoping that what the teacher did for Barcelona the pupil will one day do for them
Club president Florentino Perez has decided he wants the former player to lead the side one day and Zidane is preparing for the possibility that it could come as soon as next season.
He is one of seven French coaches spending this week at Bayern Munich's training facilities where along with former Real Madrid team-mate Claude Makelele he is seeing first hand how Guardiola works.
Next season he could be in the same position Guardiola was in 2008 – having graduated from his club's youth system to take charge of the first team. He will cut the same sharp-suited imposing figure on the touchline and he will command the same respect among rivals, players and media, but will he be as prolifically successful?
Zidane visited Bayern's training ground with Bernard Diomede (left) and Claude Makelele (right) this week
Real hope Zidane can emulate Pep Guardiola's transition from a player to boss with Barcelona and Bayern
Zidane's son Theo scores a very Zidane like goal for Real Madrid
Zidane currently coaches Real Madrid's second team, Castilla, in one of Spain's four regional third-tier divisions. If Castilla win their division they will go into a play-off for a place in the second division next season. But by then Carlo Ancelotti may have moved on and Zidane may have stepped up to replace him.
There is no question a career as a coach is what the former Ballon d'Or and World Cup winner wants. As well as this week's masterclass with Guardiola he has also been to Marseille to watch Marcelo Bielsa work.
He wants to coach the France team one day and if their 2016 campaign on home soil were to end in tears there would be calls for him to take charge of the national side he once lead to the biggest prize in football.
The Madrid job will probably come before the national team however. Those who have seen him at close quarters on the training pitch say he's inspirational and has none of that haughtiness that sometimes prevents great players from being able to improve lesser mortals.
Zidane lead France to World Cup glory in 1998 and is touted as a future national team coach
With Zidane in charge, Real Madrid's Castilla team are in one of Spain's four regional third-tier divisions
Zidane fights for the ball with Manchester United's Roy Keane during a Champions League tie in 2003
He's tough and media-savvy after years of coping with the intense spotlight shone on him in France where he is adored far more than Michel Platini – his rival as the country's greatest ever player, but one who never won the World Cup.
Ultimately expecting him to emulate Guardiola might be asking too much – the Bayern Munich coach's tactical brain and obsessive character make him unique.
He also has the baggage of having been so good as a player. Diego Maradona and Pele never made it as MANAGERs, but Alfredo di Stefano and Johan Cruyff did, so there are precedents.
Johan Cruyff was a fine player and also excelled as a MANAGer,at Barcelona
Enzo Zidane scores winner in Real Madrid C 3-2 Atletico C match
Enzo Zidane Fernandez is the star of Real Madrid C and is already a Spain Under 19 international
Enzo's style as a gifted No 10 with Real's lower ranks most resembles that of his father
Luca Zidane Fernandez has impressed at Real Madrid as a goalkeeper while Iker Casillas (right) struggles
Zinedine watches a Thai boxing match with son Luca in Bangkok in 2007
Zidane's son Theo scores a very Zidane like goal for Real Madrid
Elyaz (left, 10) and Theo (right, 12) are both in Real boys' teams and could play for Spain, France or Algeria
Theo Fernandez (right,) scored a superb goal Real's youth side after a wonderful left-footed touch
