French World Cup winning midfielder, and Real Madrid star, Zinedine ‘Zizou’ Zidane, has denied newspaper claims that he is planning to retire from football after the World Cup Finals this summer.

Reports from Spain had suggested that the 33-year-old France international told Real Madrid president Florentino Perez that he planned to quit football for good after the World Cup finals, which start on June 9.

Zidane came out of international retirement last summer to help France qualify for the World Cup Finals, but he has hit back at these recent rumours, and maintains that he is yet make any final decision about his future.

“That's not the case, but over here these type of little things are normal to fill the pages of newspapers,” Zidane told the French television station Canal Plus on Sunday. “You shouldn't attach too much importance to it. I let others talk, and I try to remain focused on what I have to do.”

But, for the moment, Zizou’s plans of retirement are on hold, and his thought’s are going nowhere beyond June, and playing for 'Les Bleus' in the World Cup Finals in Germany. Zidane scored his first career hat trick against Sevilla last Saturday, and said that he now feels he is coming back to top-form at the right time to help France in the showpiece tournament.

“I had a groin problem that lasted a long time, and also an ankle problem, but now I'm a lot better physically.”

“I will try, with my team-mates, to achieve a beautiful World Cup, and then we will see next season,” finished the star midfielder.

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