Zinedine Zidane resigned as Real Madrid coach after a row over transfer policy -- and over Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard and Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea in particular -- according to the Sun.
Zidane and Madrid president Florentino Perez "clashed over plans" the night before the former France international announced he was quitting.
The report says Zidane told Perez he wanted to bring in Hazard -- heavily linked with a move to the Bernabeu -- only for the president to say no, and adds that "when Perez told Zidane he wished to bring in long-term target De Gea, the manager said he had faith in Keylor Navas."
Meanwhile, the London Evening Standard says Chelsea's hopes of keeping Hazard "have been given a significant lift by Zidane's decision to step down."
It reports that the coach had been "pushing the Real Madrid hierarchy to make a bid."
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