Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane, has lost his brother, Farid Zidane, to a long-term illness.
Farid was 54 at the time of his death.
Real Madrid confirmed his passing on their website, with a statement announcing a minute of silence held in his honour.
“All members of the Real Madrid first-team squad held a minute’s silence ahead of training in Montreal following the passing of Farid Zidane, the brother of our coach, Zinedine Zidane,” the statement read.
The 46-year-old World Cup winner left the club’s training camp in Montreal on Friday due to personal reasons, with Madrid announcing he was to be absent for an unspecified period.
Zidane’s assistant, David Bettoni, will be in charge of the first team until the head coach’s return.
Bettoni and Zidane are close friends, having first met when the pair were in the youth team together at French side Cannes.
