Zinedine Zidane resigns as Real Madrid head coach after third Champions League title

Zinedine Zidane has resigned from his position at Real Madrid after three years in charge and his third Champions League title.

The former Real, Juventus and Bordeaux midfielder, was understood to be under contract in Madrid until 2020. His final game in charge was Saturday's victory over Liverpool in Kiev. He departs having never been knocked out of Europe's elite club competition.

Stepping up from managing the 'Castilla' B team, he replaced Rafael Benitez in January 2016 and although Real were runners-up to Barcelona at the end of the league campaign, he toasted European glory as city rivals Atletico Madrid were vanquished after a penalty shootout in Milan.

Zidane followed up his maiden Champions League crown as a coach with a LaLiga title and in June 2017 his side delivered a more emphatic European Cup final triumph as his former employers Juve were humbled 4-1 in Cardiff.

Zidane did stabilise results and duly blazed a trail to Kiev in the continental competition, but reports of dissatisfaction with his approach to domestic matters - namely the handling of star forward Gareth Bale, who has publicly expressed his own unhappiness with a reduced role - meant for regular reports of a potential summer exit.