Madrid (AFP)
"Unfortunately for Zidane, Mbappé is our player," said PSG coach Thomas Tuchel, after the declaration of love from his counterpart Real Madrid, before the clash between the two teams on Tuesday (21:00) in the Champions League.
"I do not know how much Zinédine is in love with our player, I can say that we love him too.The most important thing is that he is our player.We are very happy, very happy that he be there, "Tuchel said at the pre-match press conference.
"Sometimes it's like that, you like a lot of things or people you can not have, unfortunately for Zinédine, he's our player, I'm sure he has players on his team he likes also, "he added, while saying he did not have a Madrid player he" particularly likes ".
Earlier Monday, the French coach of Real Madrid had said about Kylian Mbappé, regularly quoted as a potential rookie of the Spanish giant, he was "already in love with him".
"I've known him for a long time, this is not the first time I'm going to meet him, he's been here for tests" when he was just a teenager, Zidane told a press conference, answering a journalist asking him if he believed in love at first sight.
Zidane, which makes Mbappé dream just as much as Real Madrid, has recently increased the number of foot calls to Paris.
Monday, however, the daily L'Equipe assured that negotiations to extend the lease of Mbappé in the capital, erected priority by the club, were going well.
Did Zidane's enraptured words annoy Thomas Tuchel?
"Not at all," he retorted. "I was (in Switzerland) with Zinédine two weeks ago, we did not talk about that, I think if we ask him a question about Mbappé, he's French, what can he say? the world knows he loves this player, like many coaches, but he's with us, I'm not angry, or angry, because that does not interest me much. "
Asked about his preference between Neymar and Mbappé, Tuchel switched from French to English to better choose his words: "It was well tempted, but you will not get me on this ground!"
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