Zidane: I Support Madrid, But Barça Are Better

Zinedine Zidane has admitted that Barcelona are playing much better than Real Madrid at the moment, but has tipped his former club to come out of their run of poor form.

The French superstar returned to Spain to participate in an indoor tournament and revealed that he has been closely following the game and hopes to return in some capacity.

While Madrid's season took another knock in midweek with their exit from the Copa del Rey, Barça have continued to shine and Zidane was not afraid to say so.

"I am a Real Madrid man and I always want them to win, but it is obvious that FC Barcelona are playing better now although that does not mean anything at the moment," Marca quote him as saying.

"They appear to be in a difficult moment; however, I think that Madrid are strong when they have difficulties and although things are delicate I believe that they will grow and improve."

Zidane then explained that he has spoken to Madrid president Ramón Calderón about a return to the Bernabéu, but that nothing had been decided or agreed.

"Now I can enjoy what I could not before, but I intend to return to football," he continued.

"Calderón called me to have chat and invited me to a game, but I told him it was better if we met in a restaurant."

"There we spoke a bit about everything and also about the option of doing something at Madrid."

After surprising people by announcing his decision to quit the game two years ago, Zidane has no reason to believe that he should have gone on longer.

"I was 34 and although it was not that old,  I reached a point where I did not enjoy it any more," he added.

"Now I do not regret that decision because I wanted to finish my career with Real Madrid."