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PSG ace Mbappe: I don't need Enrique telling me I'm the best in the world

PSG ace Kylian Mbappe insists he has no issue with coach Luis Enrique.

Enrique was heavily critical of Mbappe, who remains a target for Real Madrid, last week after the striker's hat-trick against Reims.

In response, while with France this week, Mbappe said: "You'd have to ask him about the timing [of his criticism]. I took it well, he's a great coach and has a lot to teach me.

"From day one, I told him he'd have no problem with me.

"I've always worked well with the coaches I've had, like Didier Deschamps, Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Tuchel and so on.

"These are coaches who have spoken to me 'badly', so to speak – but it didn't stop me from playing well and having a good relationship with them.

"I'm a player who's very demanding of himself, so when I find that demand from my coaches then I'm very happy. I don't need my manager to tell me I'm the best player in the world every day."

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