Fabregas and Ibrahimovic in Paris bust-up

CESC FABREGAS and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were involved in a heated exchange f ollowing Chelsea’s defeat by Paris Saint- Germain on Tuesday night.

The fracas happened as Fabregas was leaving the Parc des Princes after their Champions League last-16 tie, which ended 2-1 to PSG.

It is believed the Chelsea squad were unhappy with what Ibrahimovic said to players on the pitch and Fabregas demanded an explanation. The Sweden star initially ignored Fabregas, before responding to the 28-year-old Spain midfielder. Ibrahimovic also exchanged words with other Chelsea players, before seeking out visiting media in the mixed zone to reveal that he is open to a move to the Barclays Premier League this summer.

Susana Guasch, a Spanish pitchside reporter who was covering the match for TV station Antena 3, said on Twitter: ‘Run-in between Ibra and Cesc on leaving the stadium. He said: “you spoke too much today”. Fabregas asked him for explanations. But Ibra pretended not to hear. And they took Cesc away so that it did not escalate any further.’

It is understood that Fabregas (below, with Ibrahimovic) was not pulled away by Chelsea officials and the players simply went their separate ways. Ibrahimovic scored the opening goal for PSG as they won to take a first-leg advantage to Stamford Bridge in three weeks.

Meanwhile, Roy Keane has launched a withering attack on Eden Hazard after the Chelsea midfielder told Le Parisien it would be difficult to turn down a move to Paris Saint-Germain.

‘He signed a fiveyear extension last year, when we saw how brilliant he was, and then he’s coming out with that on the eve of a big game. If I was a team-mate of his I would kick him up and down the training pitch,’ said Keane.