5 Players who threw major insults at their former clubs after their departure

#4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic composed a whole book based on his strenuous life at Barcelona, such was his torment at the Camp Nou. This came out as a shocking revelation as Pep Guardiola had swapped a standout amongst his best strikers, Samuel Eto'o, to induce Zlatan into the club.

It was likewise Ibrahimovic's fantasy to play for the Catalan outfit, however his fantasy transformed into a bad dream when Lionel Messi demanded that he be played in the middle and not on the right like he was being played around then.

Clearly, Pep Guardiola obliged and played his star man in the center as the false 9. In any case, he needed to forfeit somebody and that specific somebody was Ibrahimovic. This did not fit well with the former Juventus player, who became unhappy and eventually left the club due to this major change.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic had the following to say after his departure from Camp Nou:

"I had a dream to come to Barcelona. But afterwards I am thinking that maybe you should keep your dreams, instead of making it come true,”

“It started well but then [Lionel] Messi started to talk. He wanted to play in the middle, not on the wing, so the system changed from 4-3-3 to 4-5-1. I was sacrificed and no longer had the freedom on the pitch I need to succeed.”