Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says it's too soon to state Zinedine Zidane is a career coach.

Zidane pipped Mourinho for the Real Madrid job earlier this month.

The Frenchman won three successive Champions Leagues at the Santiago Bernabeu, and Mourinho says that there is a lot more to come from him.

"I do not think we can talk about a career for him yet," Mourinho told Canal Plus.

"But in a very short time, he did what no one had done before, that is winning three consecutive Champions Leagues.

"Now he is starting a new step in his career. He has to build a team, he has to make choices, buy players, sell them. He has to train them, give them his philosophy of play.

"I think he's probably the best person for this club."