Zlatan's autobiography is not a well-kept secret, since excerpts from it keep hitting the web from time to time. Today, Ibra's statements about his harsh relationship with Guardiola were on the radar once again, this time with Zlatan revealing what happened with Pep when he decided to confront him about his role with Barcelona.
"Playing for Barcelona was my childhood dream, but being there with Guardiola was complicated. No one understood that man's obsession with power. He was always afraid of losing his role as the team leader, he was just a coward," Zlatan's book states.
PSG's striker continues his tale by stating when their relationship was unbearable. According to Ibra, things got messy when he demanded to know what he had to do to play on a regular basis.
"I voiced my disconfort with my role with the team and decided to discuss it with him, but he reacted like we were at war. He stopped looking at me and talking to me. After a match against Villarreal, in which I only played five minutes, I remember telling him: 'You've got no b**ls! You sh*t your pants in front of Mourinho, go f**k yourself!'" Zlatan recalled.
Zlatan, Pep and Mourinho, during the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League semi-final at Camp Nou.
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Ibrahimovic has always stated he prefers Mourinho's coaching style, since he is more frontal with the player than Pep. The Spanish coach has been heavily criticized by fans and former Bayern players, who believe the team would be better off without him after two consecutive Champions League semi-final eliminations.
