The French coach has led Los Blancos to La Liga for the first time in five years and has four trophies already in less than 18 months in charge
Real Madrid's title is a triumph for Zinedine Zidane. The club icon took over from Rafa Benitez in January last year and has had to deal with constant claims that he is lucky. But his record shows he knows exactly what he is doing.
In many ways, he was considered as a last roll of the dice by Florentino Perez. After the unpopular decision to remove Carlo Ancelotti in the summer of 2015, the appointment of Benitez always looked like a strange call and with many fans demanding the resignation of the president, he had to get it right.