Chapter 1065: Ibrahimovic's decision
Manchester City are genuinely keen on buying Ibrahimovic, and it became clear when Raiola started making contact with them - if nothing else, AC Milan should be no match for Manchester City.
Now it depends on Ibrahimovic's personal wishes, would he prefer to join the more famous AC Milan, or would he prefer to go to Manchester City, which has been in the limelight recently?
Each has its own benefits, but Raiola prefers Ibrahimovic to go to Manchester City, not just because City is generous and gives more money. More because he thinks that he should be able to win the championship this time at Manchester City......
Ibrahimovic, as a player with outstanding ability, has long been under Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, glory, why?
Isn't it because Ibrahimovic has never won the Champions League?
In today's football world, the gold content of the quadrennial World Cup is not as good as before, and the strength of a player is measured by the quadrennial World Cup championship is too slow to update in Xianghe. So the Champions League has become the best standard.
How can a player prove that he is good in all aspects? To lead the team to the Champions League, of course.
The people mentioned before are all people who have won the Champions League, and they have all become the world's No. 1 players after winning the Champions League.
And what about Ibrahimovic?
No one denies his talent and strength, but no one will compare him to those few people, just because he doesn't have a Champions League title, which makes his level unconvincing. You say you're the best player in football today, but what about the proof? Have you won the Champions League?
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The league title doesn't mean much now.
Everyone's eyes are on the Champions League.
When he operated Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan to Barcelona, didn't he just look at Barcelona's strength? It's always right to rely on Barcelona to win the Champions League.
Who would have thought that Barcelona won the championship when he was at Inter Milan, went to Barcelona, and won the championship with Inter Milan.
If you want to choose the saddest person of the year, it is Ibrahimovic.
Despite successive setbacks, Raiola has not given up on his plans, and now he has his eye on Manchester City, where glory is located.
He believes that if there is one team in football today with the best chance of winning the Champions League, it must be Manchester City.
So if you want to run Ibrahimovic to Manchester City and win a Champions League title with Manchester City, then Ibrahimovic is even more valuable.
Why does Raiola believe so much that Manchester City can win the title?
His reason is simple, because Manchester City has glory.
If it weren't for the fierce fight against Barcelona last season, Manchester City would have been able to eliminate Inter Milan if they didn't do well. As can be seen from the later games, if Manchester City knocks out Inter Milan, it will not be difficult for them to win the Champions League.
So why did Manchester City let the Barcelona game affect the semi-final against Inter Milan?
Raiola believes that this is because the overall strength of Manchester City is not strong enough, the main lineup is okay, and the substitute lineup is ...... He feels Benitez and Manchester City should continue to strengthen their squad this summer if they don't have a brain pump.
Ibrahimovic went to Manchester City and can definitely improve the overall quality of Manchester City. When the time comes, Ibrahimovic, Glory, and Sneijder will form a new offensive trident, and they can completely sweep Europe.
Raiola is really bullish on Manchester City this time, so he wants to send Ibrahimovic over.
He believed that after looking away twice, he would definitely not look away this time!
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Raiola doesn't know why Ibrahimovic wouldn't object to a move to Manchester City, Ibrahimovic knows it in his own heart.
He admits that his lack of rejection of Manchester City has anything to do with last season's two games.
Those two games impressed him, and Barcelona at the time were known as the Cosmos team, as if there was no one left to beat them.
But Manchester City beat Barcelona home and away!
Let the proud Barcelona fall straight from the clouds, and it's still ...... Face to face.
Ibrahimovic wasn't happy at Barcelona and, to be honest, he thought about revenge when he was thinking about a move.
He left Barcelona, and if he didn't mix well, he would have been ridiculed by the people of Barcelona.
But if he can mix better after the transfer than in Barcelona, those Barcelona supporters will have nothing to say.
If there is still a chance to beat Barcelona directly...... I'm afraid it's even cooler!
Who can beat Barcelona?
The first name that popped into Ibrahimovic's head was "Manchester City".
He thought of Sneijder, so he called Sneijder.
He couldn't call Rongguang to ask about it, but he could get some advice from Snead.
The two had played for Ajax for two seasons at the same time, so they can be regarded as old acquaintances.
Sneijder was very excited when he heard that Manchester City had approached Ibrahimovic - as Ibrahimovic's old teammate, he naturally knew what the Swede was capable of, and if he could join Manchester City, it would definitely be a big boost for Manchester City. So he was very much in favor of Ibrahimovic coming to Manchester City.
In order to convince Ibrahimovic, he also took the initiative to talk about how he chose the latter between Inter Milan and Manchester City in the first place.
“…… Although Inter Milan won the Champions League last season, to be honest, I don't regret joining Manchester City. Even if Manchester City didn't win the Champions League last season, I believe that sooner or later Manchester City will become European champions and I will play a very important role in that process. Do you know why I chose Manchester City in the first place? Because Rong said to me that let me come to Manchester City to seek revenge on Real Madrid, it was this sentence that touched me. Later, I did get revenge on Real Madrid at Manchester City...... I don't think I'm going to regret joining Manchester City for ......."
After listening to Sneijder's introduction, Ibrahimovic hung up the phone, thought about it alone for a long time, and finally made a decision.
Let's take a look at Manchester City's sincerity.
So he called Raiola.
Then there was Raiola's contact with Manchester City......
As the holidays continue, Ibrahimovic is now much calmer.
He is no longer as hesitant about the future as he was before.
This time, he didn't even take a photo on Twitter or Facebook.
He didn't need to prove anything in this way.
He is now just quietly waiting for the final result.
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In fact, before the end of the season, FC Barcelona already knew that Ibrahimovic was leaving. Because some remarks from Ibrahimovic's agent, Raiola, appeared in the media, which were all hinting that Ibrahimovic was leaving.
Ibrahimovic later had another showdown with Pep Guardiola.
Barcelona have no illusions about keeping Ibrahimovic, or not at all.
As it turned out, Ibrahimovic didn't make as much of a difference to the team as he first thought.
It was originally intended to replace the departing Eto'o with Ibrahimovic.
As a result, Ibrahimovic came and clashed with Messi, both in the dressing room and tactically.
Neither of them is fit to coexist.
Instead of staying in the team and causing chaos and giving him a lot of salary every season, it is better to sell it and get it back for some money.
The previous interest in Barcelona was AC Milan.
However, AC Milan offered a condition of a season-long loan and then a buy-out clause, and if Ibrahimovic is good, he cannot rule out the possibility of buying Ibrahimovic.
To be honest, Barcelona are not very happy with AC Milan's approach.
If it weren't for the fact that Ibrahimovic couldn't find a home in the transfer market, they wouldn't want to talk to AC Milan at all.
A man of Ibrahimovic's calibre is often difficult to sell in the transfer market because his salary is too high......
Since the subprime mortgage crisis that swept the world, many football clubs in Europe have tightened their monetary bills, unwilling to pay large transfer fees and huge salaries for their players.
Players like Ibrahimovic, who looked like they should be the ones teams wanted, were left out in the cold.
That's when Manchester City suddenly stepped in and they asked Barcelona for an offer!
Although the two teams were inseparable last season, when Barcelona received the news of Manchester City's inquiry, they suddenly had a sense of happiness that was hit by pies falling from the sky......
Manchester City's Kaizi is simply too suitable to be Ibrahimovic's receiver.
First of all, they have money and naturally will not be stingy when it comes to transfer fees.
Secondly, they have money, so they must not choose to loan first and then buy out like AC Milan, so as not to have a long night......
Thirdly, they still have the money to meet the salary requirements of Ibrahimovic's agent, Raiola, and Ibrahimovic has a good chance of choosing Manchester City. Barcelona are not going to throw Ibrahimovic into their own hands because of his exorbitant salary demands.
With AC Milan as a comparison, Barcelona now feel that Manchester City is really touching the good buyers of Europe, and they would rather talk to Manchester City than deal with AC Milan.
As for the possibility that the sale of Ibrahimovic to Manchester City might strengthen Manchester City, Barcelona did not think about it at all, they have very strong confidence in their own quality, and even if they were eliminated from the Champions League last season, it does not prevent them from thinking that European football will still be dominated by Barcelona in the next few years.
Even if Manchester City have Ibrahimovic, they may not be able to threaten Barcelona.
What's more, with Ibrahimovic's temper and character, as well as the bad relationship between him and Glory, after going to Manchester City, it is equivalent to planting a time bomb in Manchester City's dressing room, and the devil knows when it will explode!
It is unlikely that Manchester City will strengthen at that time, and it will be a matter of minutes for the team to fall apart......