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Mauricio Pochettino reveals the moment that sparked Harry Kane's rise to one of the best players in the world... and opens up on Kylian Mbappe's rare gifts and 'good ego' as the pair prepare to clash in the World Cup quarter-final

Mauricio Pochettino has opened up on the key meeting which helped prompt Harry Kane's meteoric rise to world-class status - and on Kylian Mbappe's 'good ego'.

The Argentine, who worked with Kane at Tottenham and Mbappe at Paris Saint-Germain, revealed a meeting telling the now-England captain what he was doing wrong was a turning point in his career.

And Pochettino, the only man to manage both players, told The Athletic about the pair's rare gifts and how to stop them, ahead of England's World Cup quarter-final meeting with France.