- Zlatan Ibrahimovic has come out in full attack of his former manager Pep Guardiola
- He reffered to Guardiola as the most immature manager he had worked with
- Adding that the Manchester city boss is a spineless coward
Manchester United attacker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, has called former manager Pep Guardiola the 'most immature' manager he has ever worked shortly before Manchester United's controversial derby defeat.
The pair worked together at Barcelona in 2009 before Ibrahimovic decided to join Italian giants AC Milan after just one season at the Nou Camp.
Pep Guardiola is the most immature manager I have worked with - Ibrahimovic
Ibrahimovic, 36, who scored 16 times in 23 starts under Guardiola, has now accused the Spaniard of excluding him from his plans after the Swede questioned his tactics.
"The first six months were perfect, then the manager changed system, tactics and it didn't work for me," Ibrahimovic told Sky Sports Italy.
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"I went to talk to him. I'm here to talk, if you think it's for another reason then we can't talk.
"I said: 'I believe that you are sacrificing some players for one player, Messi'. He said: 'I don't think this is the case but I understand what you say. I will take care of it, no problem, I will solve everything'. I thought it would be OK.
"The following game I was on the bench. I don't say anything, I work.
"Second match bench again. I thought he solved it well and he was not talking to me or explaining. Third match bench. Then the fourth match comes and bench again.
"I think something is strange. From that moment he stopped talking to me, looking at me. I go into a room and he walks out of it. He was not a bad person, but the most immature I've had because a man solves his problems."
In his 2011 book I Am Zlatan, Ibrahimovic called Guardiola a 'spineless coward' following a row over Barcelona's Champions League semi-final defeat to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan.
An extract from the book reads "Guardiola was staring at me and I lost it. I thought, 'there is my enemy, scratching his bald head!' I yelled: 'You haven't got any b***s!' and worse than that I added: 'You can go to hell!' I completely lost it, and you might have expected Guardiola to say a few words in response, but he's a spineless coward."
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Guardiola and Ibrahimovic were reunited on the touchline on Sunday as Manchester City defeated Manchester United to open up an 11-point lead at the top of the table.
Ibrahimovic played just 10 minutes in a match that has since been over-shadowed by the tunnel melee that took place as Man City celebrated their victory.
NAIJ.com reported earlier that Pep Guardiola could not hide his happiness after trashing his old rival Jose Mourinho's, the United boss claimed that a non-penalty decision on Ander Herrera had cost them the game.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Wednesday, 13 December 2017