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30th June 2015
02:57pm BST

'I had many meetings with Mino. In one, he told me: 'Ibra will punch Pep one of these days.'
Of course, the pair have previous. In the striker's recent autobiography, he detailed a dressing room storm where he confronted Guardiola after Barcelona had been beaten in the Champions League semi-final by Inter Milan.
He recalled, 'I completely lost it, and you might have expected Guardiola to say a few words in response, but he’s a spineless coward. He just picked up the metal box [that I had kicked], like a little caretaker, and then left, never to mention it again, not a word.'
Indeed, Ibrahimovic asked his agent to actively pursue a transfer to Barcelona's reviled rivals Real Madrid before he eventually wound up at AC Milan.
As for securing Pogba's services, Bartomeu remains wary of the players uber-agent.
'Mino is a very friendly and very funny guy but one must look at his pocket,' he said. 'He makes a living ridiculously well. He is a specialist at players changing teams.'
Hat-tip: Daily Mail
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