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Richard Witschge is emphatic. Did the former Netherlands winger see any signs that Zinedine Zidane would go on to become a successful coach during the three years they spent playing together at Bordeaux?
"No," Witschge tells Bleacher Report. "I didn't think so. Because he was very … not shy, but he didn't want the attention. I played for three years with him at Bordeaux, and he went on to be one of the best in the world. But I didn't know that he was going to become a coach."
Witschge's remarks reflect a common refrain among Zidane's former team-mates.