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Bayern prez brushes off ibra slur

AFP
Published : Oct 1, 2013, 2:20 pm IST
Updated : Oct 1, 2013, 2:20 pm IST

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has branded Zlatan Ibrahimovic an “aggrieved prima donna” after the Sweden star’s latest verbal attack on coach Pep Guardiola.

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has branded Zlatan Ibrahimovic an “aggrieved prima donna” after the Sweden star’s latest verbal attack on coach Pep Guardiola. Since Guardiola took charge of Bayern in June, the European champions have dropped just two league points, winning six of their seven Bundesliga games so far and are at Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday. “We totally disagree with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. We are completely satisfied with Pep Guardiola,” Hoeness told German daily Bild. “I think Ibrahimovic is an aggrieved prima donna who has not coped well with his departure from Barcelona. “No club has been happy with him.” Guardiola and Ibrahmiovic were both at Barcelona for the 2009/10 season, but their relationship soured after Ibrahimovic lost his place in the starting side. In his autobiography, Ibrahimovic recalls shouting “you haven’t got any b***s!” at Guardiola after making a brief appearance off the Barcelona bench in one match after the coach prefered to play Argentina’s Lionel Messi up front. And in an interview with German magazine Spiegel, Ibrahimovic gave a fiery answer when asked what he has against Guardiola, 42, who he dubbed “the Philosopher” while at Barcelona.

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