Zidane was brought to the club for a world-record fee in 2001 during Perez's first period as president and the 66-year-old wants him to be more involved in first-team affairs after Jose Mourinho's departure.

The Frenchman, who made 155 appearances in his five years at the Bernabeu scoring 38 goals, will be involved in hiring Mourinho's successor and has been backed to become coach in the future by Perez.
"We do not know who will be the coach," he told Cadena SER. "But we want this sports project to be led by Zidane. I did not think Zidane would like to be a coach, but in recent years he has decided to be.

"I would like a person like him, with his category and his knowledge to coach someday. For now, when we choose the coach, the coach and Zidane analyse the team to give them a qualitative leap. 

"We want to go back to being the best. We want to be the best in the world and the best in Spain."