5 Most Expensive Players Who Were Sent Out on Loan

#3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Signed for £57m): Barcelona to AC Milan

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was not a big fan of then Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola

There is no question that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a serial winner. He has won trophies with every major club he has played with since the turn of the century and only the Champions League title has eluded him.

Barcelona had just won the treble under Pep Guardiola but the Catalan boss was looking to shake things up and get rid of the old guard. Out went Samuel Eto'o to Inter Milan and in came Ibrahimovic in a cash-plus-player-swap deal that was quite astounding when it was announced.

With a strike force of Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi, and Thierry Henry, one would expect defenders to simply give up and roll over but all was not well in the Barca camp. Ibrahimovic and Messi came in each other's way and tensions between the Swedish striker and Guardiola simmered beneath the surface.

Getting knocked out to Jose Mourinho's Inter in the Champions League only seemed to exacerbate that relationship. At one point, Ibrahimovic even yelled at Guardiola, saying: "You haven’t got any balls! You’re ******** yourself in front of Mourinho. You can go to hell!"

Ibrahimovic would seek a way out of the club after the relationship broke down and he chose to move on loan to AC Milan before making the move permanent.