India, March 23 -- For years, Manchester United have been after Zinedine Zidane. Especially after Ruben Amorim's departure, the English giants had intensified their pursuit of the Frenchman. But according to reports, Zidane has reached a verbal agreement with the French football federation and will succeed Didier Deschamps as national team head coach after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Zidane has been out of work since leaving Madrid for the second time in 2021. He has long been seen as a candidate to be the head coach of the French national team, but the money a Premier League side can offer could have tempted him to join United.

He has been regularly linked with United, but reportedly, he was simply waiting for Deschamps, his former teamma...