Zidane has done nothing to shut down talk of moving for the Liverpool transfer target, merely adding fuel to the fire.

When asked about Mbappe in November, the Los Blancos boss said: “You know that I have known him for a long time.

”I am already in love with him, firstly as a person, because he came to do a trial here a long time ago.”

Tuchel explained his touchline row with Mbappe, insisting the forward was unhappy at being substituted.

“I’m the coach, not Mbappe, so I will always make the sporting decisions,” he said.