Real Madrid Castilla coach Zinedine Zidane is waiting to succeed Carlo Ancelotti as first team boss.Vozpópuli says Zizou has turned down TWO offers to coach in France in recent months in a sure sign he's preparing to replace the Italian at Real.

It's suggested Zidane informed Real president Florentino Perez of both offers - and each time he was urged to turn them down as he would be offered the first team job next season.

Further fueling the prospect is that new contract talks between Ancelotti and Perez have been suspended since the New Year.

The manner of last night's Champions League defeat to Schalke, along with surrendering the La Liga leadership to Barcelona, has intensified the pressure on Ancelotti to keep hold of his job.

Defeat in the El Clasico at Barca could be decisive for the Italian.