A bestseller?

There may have been no action on the field last week, however, there was still much talk off it.

We can thank the release of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s autobiography for this; it hit the shelves on November 11. Before being published, AC Milan supporters and football fans in general were impatiently waiting for the release date. In the days leading up to the day, a few juicy comments were leaked to wet our appetite for the real thing. Many of them have already been reported. Here is a few of them along with a few extras.

He speaks about his teams, above all his first Italian team; Juventus. “We were simply the best in that period and they had to sink us, that’s the truth” talking about Calciopoli, the storm which hit Italian football.

What about Inter? “At the beginning, my challenge there was to destroy all little fucking dressing room groups. I actually hated them. I experienced that all my previous teams, Ajax and Juventus, won a lot for one reason: they were firmly integrated. When I came to Inter, I faced a dissimilar situation: Brazilians aside, Argentinians in a different direction, the rest in another one. That was all crap. Therefore I met Moratti, I was as much clear as possible with him and I told him:“Inter had not won Serie A in a long time. Is it possible there are people who do not want to talk to each other?”  We had to be losers no more.”

The Swedish champion also talks about his failed adventure at Barcelona and he focuses on the so called “philosopher” Pep Guardiola: who he was, it is safe to say, not on good terms with him. “You are not worth as Mourinho”. Not to mention the one reported last week where apparently threatened to beat Pep up. Of course, this is the best way to solve a dispute as we all know.

Ibrahimovic goes on to explain some of the problems he experienced upon his arrival at the Milanello. There are lots of anecdotes but the one that takes the cake is the one involving Oneywu, who broke his ribs in a training ground brawl. While Ibra came out second best with the American, he came out on top in another incident where he karate-kicked poor Rodney Strasser from behind.

Ibra dedicates the book to his family along with a message that is most ironic.

“I have dedicated it to children as well. I never say in my book: do what I have done. Never. Rules must be obeyed.”

This is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, or this is what Zlatan Ibrahimovic is expected to be: so, what about reading his book?