Zidane list for United

standby if there’s a change of heart. It’s why he has been compiling a short list of players he would like to bring in to help turn around the club’s fortunes.

They include Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos, Bayern Munich’s Thiago Alcantara, James Rodriguez — on loan at Bayern Munich from Real Madrid — and Paris Saint-germain striker Edinson Cavani.

Zidane has a burning ambition to manage in England. His name has been the subject of much players’ gossip at United’s Carrington training ground, where the atmosphere under Mourinho is said to be strained.