The U.S. Soccer Federation offered Zinedine Zidane the chance to take over as head coach of the United States men's national team, to which the Frenchman rejected, according to ESPN's Julien Laurens.
"Zidane, via his agent Alain Migliaccio, was asked if he would be interested in succeeding Gregg Berhalter on the U.S. bench, to which the Frenchman politely declined," Laurens wrote.
Berhalter's contract as head coach of the men's national team expired Dec. 31 following the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where the Netherlands eliminated the U.S. in the round of 16. The 49-year-old's future as the team's coach remains in flux as he has not signed a new deal.