Real Madrid has announced the quitting of Zinedine Zidane as its coach.
The club made the announcement in a statement on Thursday morning.
“It is now time to respect his decision and show him our appreciation for his professionalism, dedication and passion in all these years, and for what his figure represents for Real Madrid,” a club statement read.
“Zidane is one of the great myths of Real Madrid and his legend goes beyond what he has been as a coach and player of our club. He knows that he is at the heart of Real Madrid and that Real Madrid is and will always be his home.”
Mr Zidane is leaving the Spanish giants for the second time.
Zidane told club directors and the first-team squad of his decision on Wednesday and is finalised his exit at Real’s Valdebebas training complex a day later.
His departure comes after Real narrowly lost out on the league title to city rivals Atletico Madrid at the weekend.
Real finished second in La Liga, two points behind Atletico, and were knocked out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage and the Copa del Rey in the round of 32 to end the season without a trophy for the first time in 11 years.
