Paris Saint-Germain football club of France have finalize decision to replace current coach with Mauricio Pochettino.
Both parties have reached an agreement in principle for Zidane to join the French side ahead of next season’s campaign.
RMC Sport claims sources at the Parc des Princes have refused to deny the reports.
Spain born coach Pochettino has a year left on his contract and the management of PSG is ready to pay him off by buying out the remaining months in his contract papers.
Pochettino was hired with the sole aim of winning the Champions League trophy but he hasn’t been able to do so. PSG crashed out in the quarter-final of the competition last season after losing to Real Madrid 3-2 on aggregate.
The outfit’s hierarchy have publically stated their desire to win the competition with Zidane having guided the Spanish giants to the title three seasons in a row.
At Madrid, the 1998 World Cup winner with France also lifted La Liga as well as the Copa del Rey twice.
Zidane was in Paris at the same time as the Emir of Qatar for last month’s Champions League final at the Stade de France, which was won by Real.
Earlier, PSG announced the arrival of Luis Campos as their football advisor to replace the departed Leonardo.
The 57-year-old Portuguese helped Monaco to the French crown in 2017 as well as Lille four years later and worked alongside Kylian Mbappe on the Mediterranean coast.
One of Campos’ tasks will be player signings with RMC Sport reporting free agent Paul Pogba is waiting for the official arrival of Zidane at PSG to start discussions about joining the side.
“I am delighted to be joining Paris Saint-Germain, which I consider is the most ambitious and exciting club in world football,” Campos said in a PSG statement.
“I believe strongly in and share the vision of the club and I cannot wait to get started to further unleash the great potential of this exceptional club.”
The new French top-flight season begins on August 6 with the French Trophée des Champions five days earlier as PSG face Nantes in Israel.