Quoting from a wonderful @KiyanSo article written when Zidane resigned as Real Madrid manager at the end of the 2017-18 season, he said “I am doing this for the good of this team, for this club,” Zidane said. “It would have been difficult for me to win again next year.” (1/n)

“...If I do not see clearly that we are going to continue winning, a moment comes when you say better to step aside.”

How can you not respect the humility and sincerity in these words; and how can you refute them?

‘Until soon’, Zinedine Zidane. You are immortal. (2/n)

2 managers & 9 months later Zizou returned as manager in March 2019. @KiyanSo wrote "Zizou is playing with house money this season. Next season he’ll feel the heat. Will fans be patient if things go wrong?..(3/n)

"Zidane’s legacy is on the line, and some would call him crazy for returning to the most difficult job in football. That’s not crazy. That’s love." #HalaMadrid (4/n)

2 titles in 10 yrs. Barcelona dominated LaLiga.While winning the UCL thrice in a row is no mean feat, it's clear that domestic success was necessary."I don't know if I prefer UCL or LaLiga more.Domestic competition is a tremendous effort.For 38 days you must focus as a champion."

Zizou - who was already a legend before arriving from Turin in 2001 - has enhanced his legacy in Madrid in 20 yrs as a player and now manager. Zidane wanted to do something “real” he said when he started doing his coaching badges. Can't get more real than this,can it? (6/n)

To quote Kiyan again, "Zidane is Real Madrid. Zoom in on the Real Madrid crest and you’ll see him tattooed on the crown as much as Raul and Alfredo Di Stefano are. You couldn’t separate the club from him forever... (7/n)

"His kids run through the Real Madrid academy, he never left the city, and when he walked away from the head coaching job, it was out of sincerity and love. He left money on the table because he believed that’s what was best for Real Madrid." (8/n)

El Capitan,Benz & TBO deserve praise.But this title, in this longest ever season, in the strangest year in living memory, was won on a Thursday because of a man, who rekindled the players' hunger & reminded Madridistas what the Real Madrid crest stands for - never stop believing!