Zinedine Zidane has explained why he chose to wear the number 5 shirt during his playing days at Real Madrid.
The legendary midfielder joined Real Madrid from Juventus in 2001 for a then-world record fee of €77.5m – a figure which would not be surpassed for another eight years when Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Los Blancos in quick succession.
During his five-year stay at the Santiago Bernabeu, Zidane won six major honours, including the 2002 Champions League in which he scored an iconic volley in the final against Bayer Leverkusen.
Widely heralded as one of football’s best ever…
