Brazil pursuing Zidane for manager's job - reports

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Zinedine Zidane has emerged as a frontrunner to assume Brazil's vacant head coaching job, according to media reports in the South American country.

Zidane has been linked with the France managerial role but could make Brazil a priority if Didier Deschamps remains in charge of the Les Bleus, newspaper O Globo reported on Sunday.

Deschamps told reporters after France's de