Football
Arindam Rej, Man United Correspondent 8y

Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants revenge on Pep Guardiola - agent Mino Raiola

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's agent has said he believes the Sweden captain "wants revenge" on his former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola next season.

Mino Raiola told Spanish outlet Marca that Ibrahimovic, widely expected to join Manchester United after Euro 2016, "learned a lot" from an unhappy spell working with Guardiola in 2009-10.

The striker accused Guardiola of misusing his talents and called him "a coward,"  saying that he had a "Ferrari" but was "driving it like a Fiat."

And with the Catalan coach taking over at Manchester City in the summer, the stage is set for their paths to cross again.

And Raiola said: "I think he wants revenge on Guardiola, although he does not live for it because you shouldn't have two graves -- one for him and one for the enemy.

"It seems destiny wants to see that meeting take place. One option is to go to the Premier League, but for as long as Sweden continue in the Euros there will be no solution.

"You learn more from defeats than you do from victories, and Zlatan learned a lot from what happened with Guardiola."

However, Raiola stressed that Ibrahimovic "admits he is a great coach" but added: "As a person, I don't like him either."

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