Read on Twitter
Ibrahimovic spoke during an interview to Sky: "When Galliani came to my house in Barcelona, he said to me 'I'm not leaving here until you come with me to Milan."
Ibra: "I joined AC Milan for the challenge. They said it's impossible. Here you have to bring the team back to the top and make the players understand what it means to be at the top."
Ibra: "If I were afraid? No. Otherwise I wouldn't have signed for Milan. It was the same situation as when I signed for Manchester United. They said: 'you are too old, the pace of the Premier is too high.' So I do the opposite of what everyone says."
Ibra :"Putting pressure on team-mates? Yes, I still do that now and more than before. Do I ask so much? Yes, if you don't train well, then I'll tell you. I like to train a lot."
Ibra: "I do ask a lot from my teammates but they have taken it well. Now they tell me 'You show us the way and we will follow you.'"
Ibra: "I feel different, yes. 10 years ago I was another player, 10 years ago I went back to recover the ball. Today, I don't do that. Now I play in a different way."
Ibra: "Playing with Seedorf was another experience, he had already won a lot. I wanted to win again, but it was just a matter of bringing out the last adrenaline. Seedorf has a great personality. He is one of the strongest players I have played with."
Ibra: "Pioli? We have a coach who asks to play in a precise way. I like how we play, he has found a way to get the most out of my qualities. He makes me play in the best way to help the team. He talks a lot with me and he asks a lot from the team."
Ibra: "My teammates respect me and I help them. I feel a sense of responsibility and I like it that way a lot."
Ibra: " Reaching Champions League? I think we can. It's not just quality or talent that matter, sacrifice and discipline also count. All the small details make the difference."
- Ambrosini asks Zlatan: "Which room do you have?"
Ibra: "I have the boss' room, the big one. (laughs)."
Ibra: "I have the boss' room, the big one. (laughs)."
Ibra: "At Milanello I feel at home. When I'm here I do everything that needs to be done, I'm not in a hurry to go back home because I'm already at home."
Ibra: "Becoming a coach? I don't think so. That is a stressful job especially when you've been a footballer before: you're giving instructions to players that can't do what you were doing in your career as a player. I don't know if I can do it."
Ibra: "I'll keep playing as long as I am feeling good. If you're physically well, you can do it, like Totti."
Ibra: "I went to the USA because I wanted to start from scratch. I thought maybe after my injury, I'd no longer be able to do what I did before at Manchester United. I told Mourinho: 'Don't call me anymore, I am no longer the Ibra I was before'. I was being realistic."
Ibra:"My ego went down, that's why I went to USA, to start anew. 2 years later, I felt alive, I said: 'Let's go back to Europe to see if I can do it.' It's why I signed for 6 months with Milan: to evaluate myself. I have a vision and confidence but it depends on the results."
Ibra: "Before renewing my contract, Pioli asked me what I wanted to do, I said 'I'm not going forward. I said no, I won't continue. Because I was thinking about the sacrifice for my family which is the most important thing."
Ibra: "My family lives in Sweden, I am here alone. I thought 6 months like this is ok, but another year? no. I said no to Pioli. In another meeting he told me I had to stay. 'If you don't stay, it will become different here.'"
Ibra: "Then the time passed. I went on vacation, then back and forth to Italy. Forget about the contract, because contracts at this age are not important, I don't need a contract."
Ibra: "The feeling grew inside me, I didn't want to have regrets. So, I call my agent Mino, I tell him, 'close everything. let's go. I'll talk to the family.'"
Ibra: "I feel very well here, but I miss my family. It's not easy, this is the first time I've gone to a club without my family, and it's not okay with me. I don't like it. But mentally, I keep busy by setting goals, I aim for goals that take away this lack of family from me."
