BLAST AT PEP OVER ZLAT

do’. If Manchester City win the Champions League this season, it will emphasise what a good coach he is – but I’ll hate it.”

And Raiola insists he will place his players with other clubs rather than see Guardiola profit – laying bare a long-running feud between the pair.

Matters came to a head when Raiola’s client, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, was forced out of Barcelona in 2009 after he was axed from the Champions League Final squad that beat Manchester United 2-0 in Rome.

Guardiola’s snub meant Ibra missed out on a Champions League winner’s medal – and one now that he’ll never win, following his move to LA Galaxy.

Ibrahimovic then spent the 2010-11 season on loan at AC Milan and the Italian giants signed the Sweden superstar at the end of that campaign.

While Raiola admits that Guardiola is brilliant on the training pitch, the snub delivered to Ibrahimovic has led to a bitter split between the pair – that, seemingly, will never be healed.

Raiola added: “Guardiola told Zlatan to go to him if he ever had any problems or complaints.

“But then he just ignored him and wasn’t playing him. He didn’t even say hello to Zlatan.

“Guardiola did the same to Maxwell, who is a lovely lad. So I told Zlatan to go and park his Ferrari in the manager’s spot!”