Ibrahimovic won’t need a Pep talk

Manchester United attacker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed he is still motivated by his falling out with Pep Guardiola at Barcelona.

Guardiola brought Ibrahimovic to the Nou Camp in 2009 but the relationship between the pair broke down and he was loaned to AC Milan after only a season before making the move permanent.

The Swedish forward has been outspoken in his criticism of Guardiola since and, when Manchester United face the Spaniard’s Manchester City side in the derby next month, Ibrahimovic will be especially fired up.

He said: “The problem wasn’t with me, it was with him, and he never came to terms with it. I don’t know what his problem was with me. It is something that drives me.”