{"id":94226,"date":"2023-10-05T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94226"},"modified":"2023-10-05T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:24:16","slug":"zlatan-ibrahimovic-tears-into-spineless-coward-pep-guardiola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/zlatan-ibrahimovic-tears-into-spineless-coward-pep-guardiola\/","title":{"rendered":"Zlatan Ibrahimovic tears into &apos;spineless coward&apos; Pep Guardiola"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;I brought my f***ing Ferrari and parked in front of his office&#8217;: Zlatan Ibrahimovic tears into Pep Guardiola, shedding new light on feud at Barcelona with &#8216;spineless coward&#8217; boss, who he says &#8216;has no b***s&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The former PSG striker joined Barcelona in 2009, but quickly fell out of favour<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>After being told he couldn&#8217;t drive his Ferrari, Zlatan told Pep &#8216;you can go to hell&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zlatan\u00a0Ibrahimovic has shed light on his troubled relationship with Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, revealing a tense moment the pair shared when he disobeyed orders not to bring his Ferrari to training.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old Swede joined the Catalan giants\u00a0in a blockbuster deal in 2009, scoring 16 goals in 29 appearances for the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, unearthing what his time at the club was like, Zlatan said he\u00a0no &#8216;longer had the freedom on the pitch&#8217; he needed in order to succeed as he became surplus to requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Describing one of the first times he met Pep, who he has formerly described as a &#8216;spineless coward&#8217; with &#8216;no b***s&#8217; in his autobiography, he told\u00a0Piers Morgan Uncensored: &#8216;When I met Pep Guardiola, he told me: &#8220;Remember, the players here do not come with Ferraris.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What did I do? Of course. I brought my f***ing Ferrari. I yelled: &#8220;You haven&#8217;t got any b***s!&#8221; and worse than that I added: &#8220;You can go to hell!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/12\/76200981-0-image-a-30_1696505958097.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Juventus striker takes instructions from Pep Guardiola before they were knocked out of the Champions League by Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Inter Milan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/13\/76202189-12597611-image-a-55_1696507462899.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old striker said he was told by Pep that he could not bring his Ferrari to training, but he did so anyway<\/p>\n<p>In his autobiography, Zlatan described the explosive aftermath of Barcelona&#8217;s Champions league exit to Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I completely lost it, and you might have expected Guardiola to say a few words in response, but he&#8217;s a spineless coward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He just picked up the metal box, like a little caretaker, and then left, never to mention it again, not a word.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the tactical change that saw him be &#8216;sacrificed&#8217;, Zlatan said the system went from a 4-3-3 to a 4-5-1 to favour Lionel Messi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish legend went on to enjoy a very successful career playing for AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United before moving to the MLS in 2018 to play for LA Galaxy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then returned back to AC Milan in 2020 where he remained at the club for three years before emotionally retiring in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12597611\/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-tears-Pep-Guardiola-spineless-coward.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I brought my f***ing Ferrari and parked in front of his office&#8217;: Zlatan Ibrahimovic tears into Pep Guardiola, shedding new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zlatan Ibrahimovic tears into &amp;apos;spineless coward&amp;apos; 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