Praise from Zlatan went to Erling Haaland, but even here he lashed out at Guardiola:

He is a very smart player. Doesn't do what it can't. He does not go down to receive the ball, but waits in front of the goal to decide everything. He reminds me of players like Inzaghi, Trezeguet, Bobo Vieri. This is the new version of these players.

Can Guardiola make him progress to https://mostbet-az-90.com/mostbet-azerbaycan-yukle/ further? It depends on Guardiola's ego whether he will become bigger than himself or not.

Pep's reaction

When Pep was asked to comment on the words of the former ward, the coach answered with maximum irony:

He's right, he's absolutely right. My ego in this club, in this team is higher than any other person, any player. I don't like it when Erling scores three goals and all the highlights go to him. I'm so jealous! Honestly, I'm very jealous! I said: Erling, please, no more heads, otherwise the newspapers will not talk about me and only about me.

He [Ibrahimovic] is right, he knows me very well. Maybe he will be able to write another book.

Zlatan has long disliked Guardiola, it all started at Barca

Ibrahimovic won 5 trophies in Pep Guardiola's Barcelona season, but even in a recent interview, the forward with recalls this stage of her career with horror.

My worst memory? I think it was Barcelona, but not because of football. There I had to think too much. Yes, I disappointed myself, I did everything differently. I thought twice before acting and disappointed myself. There I lost my identity. Subsequently, Yasnova found her, and this allowed me to conquer the world.

Guardiola remembered the book for a reason, because the Swede had already talked about the relationship with the coach in the biography of I am Zlatan. This is how the striker wrote about the beginning of the journey in Spain: Pep Guardiola, a man in a gray suit and with a perpetually preoccupied face, approached me. He was clearly about to say something. In those days, I still thought that he was a normal guy, not Mourinho or Capello, of course, but still ... It was not long before the war broke out between us.

Although Ibra started well, but closer by the middle of the season, his results had dwindled, and he himself had ceased to feel significant. The Swede was angry that everyone was playing on Messi and he was ignored.

Both me and Messi can play much better with the support of everyone else, but I don't feel like anyone is trying to help me here. I need Xavi and Iniesta to pass me but they only seem to see Messi… And I'm twice as big as him!.