10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic controversies that shocked the world

9) Incident with Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola

Ibrahimovic was involved in an ugly spat with the Spanish manager

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was Barcelona’s most expensive signing at that time, as he signed for £59 million in exchange for Samuel Eto’o. He had the perfect start to his La Liga career as he scored 5 times in the first five games of the league, setting a record.

But things became ugly after he had a bad falling out with then Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola. They did not speak for months and things got so ugly that one fine evening in the dressing room, Zlatan threw a training-kit box across the room and furiously abused and insulted Guardiola.

That proved to be the final nail in the coffin. Barcelona Vice President Carles Vilarrubi said that the striker had threatened to beat Guardiola publicly if he was not allowed to go to Milan. To this day, Zlatan still holds a grudge against his former coach, and the pair have never repaired their damaged relationship.