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Independent | Real Madrid transfer ban: Why Zinedine Zidane’s four sons hold the key to overturning Fifa’s ruling
… Along with city rivals Atletico Madrid, Real have been punished after they were said to have broken Fifa’s regulations on the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18, with all four of Zidane’s sons included as part of the rule breach.
However, Real’s director general, Jose Angel Sanchez, has argued that they are actually an example of why the club are not guilty of the regulation breach.
Players under the age of 18 cannot complete an international transfer unless one of three exceptions is met. If a player’s parents are moving to the country of the new club for reasons other than football, the player in question is aged between 16 and 18 and the move is between two clubs in European Union nations or the player lives within 50km of the border to the country they are moving to, the transfer will be sanctioned by Fifa.
But Real argue that due to Zidane’s wife, Véronique, being of Spanish descent, all four of the boys hold Spanish citizenship and are qualified to move to and play for Real.
Goal | Zidane, Garay and the key names behind Real Madrid’s transfer ban
Zinedine Zidane’s four sons have been disclosed as being in the 39 players Fifa are investigating, but all have their registrations in order.
Enzo and Luca joined the club in 2004, one year before Fifa’s investigation timeline, while Theo moved in 2010 and Elyaz in 2013. Crucially, all four of Zidane’s sons moved to Madrid when the World Cup winner was already living in Spain and employed by Madrid.
SkySports | Zinedine Zidane calls Real Madrid transfer ban ‘absurd’
“It seems absurd because they [his sons] have lived their whole lives here in Madrid with family and it will be fixed,” said Zidane. “The most important thing is that we know what has happened now. I think it will be fixed with time and next week we won’t speak of this anymore.
"It doesn’t make sense. We will wait and see what happens next week. I am calm, it is an error and nothing more. The club will appeal. There are not just my sons, there are many players and families and I think it is an error.”
Zinedine Zidane and Enzo return to Real Madrid Castilla training | 20-07-15
07/01/16 | Enzo, Zidane’s stimulus
In an article for El País, Diego Torres wrote about the development of Enzo in the youth team and how his potential motivated Zidane to get into coaching.
After Zidane retired in 2006, he settled in Madrid and alternated between his advertising commitments and fatherhood. He drove the boys from school to Valdebebas and vice-versa. Enzo stood out in training. He was considered a replica of his father, an elegant playmaker. Zidane saw Enzo’s potential as a football player and was fascinated with the idea of helping in his development.
It took Mourinho months before he could convince Zidane to join his technical team in 2011. It wasn’t until he praised Enzo that Zidane agreed to join the Portuguese. In September, Enzo had the opportunity to train with the first team. Zidane found the coaching experience refreshing until he suspected that Mourinho wanted to use him for his propaganda campaigns. After the 1-1 draw against Villarreal on 21 March 2012, Mourinho told Zidane to announce that there was a conspiracy among the referees which the Frenchman refused. Soon, he disappeared from the scene and told his friends that he did not want to be a coach. For a time, Mourinho deterred him from aspiring to be a coach.
He changed his mind in 2013. This was a difficult period in Enzo’s youth career. Usually, talented young players skip the age categories and play with the older youth players. Enzo did not get to do this. He developed at the same pace as other players his age. At 17, he was often seated on the bench. Still, he possessed great quality on the pitch. Jose Aurelio Gay, who trained in Real Madrid C, believed that Enzo was never negatively affected by the pressure of being the son of a legend.
There is an overpopulation of creative midfielders in the cantera. Enzo had to compete with the likes of Medrán, Borja Sánchez, Lazo, Javi Muñoz, Aleix Febas, Fran Pérez, Llorente and Odegaard. From 2012 to 2014, Enzo did not stand out from this squad. It wasn’t until Zidane was appointed coach of Castilla that Enzo started to feature more. Little by little, he made headlines. The decision to make Enzo captain over Fran Perez surprised everyone. (There had been a leadership vacuum within the team before the decision was made.)
Today, Enzo is one of the most consistent and valuable players for Castilla. He is playing better than ever. In Valdebebas, it is rumored that Zidane would call up his son to the first team.
Zinedine Zidane, Veronique Zidane, Luis Figo and Helen Svedin at the IWC’s (International Watch Company) private dinner in 2010
Zinedine Zidane and his family, with Veronique and Son Enzo, stand with Father Christmas! 🏆👍⚽️😎❤️😀🏆👍⚽️😎❤️😀🏆👍⚽️👍❤️
Zinedine Zidane has tried to keep his family out of the spotlight! 🏆⚽️
Enzo Zidane kisses his father’s Ballon d’Or in 1998.
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