AGENT BLASTS ‘BORING’ PEP

want to be coached by him? I am at a great club with a great coach and great fans and I want to be as successful as possible for them.’ In his autobiography, Ibrahimovic claimed: ‘Jose Mourinho is Guardiola’s opposite — if Mourinho brightens up the room, Guardiola pulls down the curtains.’ He also called the City manager a ‘spineless coward’. His outspoken agent Mino Raiola re-opened the war of words yesterday. ‘I don’t like Guardiola,’ said Raiola. ‘I do not hate him, but I do not like him. Everyone knows what happened to Zlatan in Barcelona. He’s a good coach but his football philosophy seems boring to me. He doesn’t have the guts to sit next to me.’ Ibrahimovic (right) is looking forward to his first Manchester derby after scoring four goals in his first four games in English football. United and City have started the season with 100 per cent records, but the 34-year-old striker is determined not to get carried away by the occasion and the opportunity to inflict a first defeat on Guardiola. ‘These games always mean so much to the fans and we want to win for them, but the players must always be focused,’ he said. ‘Every game must be looked at as an opportunity to win three points, whoever the opposition.’ On the absence of City striker Sergio Aguero through suspension, Ibrahimovic said: ‘You know when you play the teams at the top that any team they put out is going to be dangerous.’