Zidane could play on after end of Real contract in 2005

France midfielder Zinedine Zidane says it is not certain he will retire when his Real Madrid contract ends in 2005.

"I put forward 2005 because it's the end of my contract with Real. But that's simply a landmark and nothing has been definitely decided," he told Onze magazine.

"It all depends on how I feel at the time and also my physical state." He will be 33 in June 2005 and said in July he planned to retire then.

Zidane, a World Cup winner in 1998, seems certain to retire from international soccer after Euro 2004 when France defend their European title.

"I have spoken about stopping after Euro 2004 because at the World Cup in Germany in 2006 I will be 34."

"I don't know whether, in three seasons, I will be playing as well as I have done until now."

"I don't want to play for a year after the European championship, play during the start of the World Cup qualifiers and then retire."

"When you start an adventure, you should finish it."