Former France international Zinedine Zidane hinted that he may finish his playing career before his Real Madrid contract ends in 2007.
"I'm not playing my last season but I may not be able to make it until 2007," Zidane was quoted as saying by French weekly Journal du Dimanche.
The playmaker, who turns 33 in June, joined the Spanish giants from Juventus for a world record fee of $66 million dollars in 2001 and extended his contract last season.
"I can only play well when I feel well and happy," he added. "I don't want to carry on just for the sake of it. I will know in the very near future what I'm going to do."
Zidane said he had no regrets about ending his international career after champions France were eliminated by eventual tournament winners Greece in the Euro 2004 quarter-finals.
However, he is ready to wear Les Bleus colours again if a match is organised for the tsunami victims in South East Asia.
"I'll make myself available for such a game. I'm waiting for someone to set things up," he said.
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