Bale's agent: There has never been a relationship with Zidane Real Madrid Jonathan Barnett's latest comments

Gareth Bale has apparently never had any sort of working relationship with Zinedine Zidane, so says his agent Jonathan Barnett.

The Welshman's future remains a mystery, although it has been made clear that he isn't in the coach's plans.

"It's simple, Zidane doesn't like Gareth," Barnett told Le Journal du Dimanche.

"There's no relationship between them.

"There never has been."

These latest remarks add to other recent outbursts from Barnett towards Zidane.

"Zidane is a disgrace," he had said to the AFP.

"He shows no respect for a player that has done so much for Real Madrid."

Back in May, the agent also discussed the Frenchman and his plans for Bale.

"I am not sure that Zidane wants him to stay, but at the moment Gareth wants to stay," Barnett told Sky Sports at the time.

"He has got a contract, he will quite happily see it out until 2022.

"He has been and is, in my opinion, one of the top three or four players in the world.

"This game is a game of opinions and Zidane doesn't think that.

"That is his opinion and he is entitled to it, I won't criticise him."

It will be a few days before Zidane has to appear before the press again, so there won't be an immediate response to Barnett's latest declarations.

However, this war of words doesn't seem to have finished yet.