Thursday 17 January 2019 18:49, UK
Why has FIFA 19 got Kurt Zouma wanting to race Paul Pogba - and what does he make of his France team-mate's real-life form?
Speaking to Soccer AM fresh from scoring for Everton against Bournemouth last weekend Zouma is quizzed on who are the strongest and quickest players at Everton - and he fancies himself in one category a little bit more than the other.
But it's comparing his rating to Pogba, who he has known since the pair represented France together at youth level, which brings out a challenge to the Manchester United midfielder from the 24-year-old.
Zouma is currently keeping Colombia defender Yerry Mina out of the Everton back line but, judging by his reactions to their respective FIFA ratings, there are clearly no hard feelings from his side at least...
"Apart from me I would say Yerry Mina for sure. That man is a tank, he is so strong. We do one session with legs and one sessions for upper body, but I'm only in the gym lifting weights once or twice a week."
"He's on fire. I talk to him quite often and he's happy, he's scoring goals and at his best again. He needed that, he needed to get back to enjoying football and it's what he does best - keeping the ball, scoring goals, making good passes, everyone knows him.
"We've been friends since the national youth team at Under-18s, that's a long time. He was already tall but I said to myself, 'I'm not scared of you!' The relationship came quick - we became friends, that's it. Natural."
Watch the full interview with Zouma on the Soccer AM YouTube channel.
