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Ibra wanted Madrid move

November 11, 2011
By ESPNsoccernet staff
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed he told Barcelona he wanted to join Real Madrid when leaving the club in 2010.

• 'Ibra threatened to beat Pep up'

Ibrahimovic, 30, joined Barca from Inter Milan in a part-exchange deal with Samuel Eto'o in 2009 but, although his time at the Camp Nou began well, he lost form and fell out with Pep Guardiola before being moved on to AC Milan.

The Sweden forward has been critical of Guardiola in the past and has recently generated ...

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