relationship with his former Barca coach, as the
Catalan club's presidential candidate explains
Barcelona presidential candidate has revealed
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's agent told him the forward
wanted to punch Pep Guardiola .
The Swedish striker spent an infamously ill-fated
season at Camp Nou in 2009-10, where his
relationship with the head coach soured to an
unworkable point, leading to his exit to AC Milan
the following campaign.
Mino Raiola, the agent of the current Paris Saint-
Germain star, is also the man in charge of
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba's fate as clubs
gather to try to lure him away for a large sum of
money this summer.
Speaking ahead of July 18's Barca presidential
elections, Bartomeu went into detail about his
intriguing anecdotal experience with Raiola five
years ago.
"I know agent Mino Raiola very well having
negotiated with him before," he told reporters on
Monday. "I dealt with him over Zlatan Ibrahimovic
in 2010, for instance.
"I had many meetings with Mino. In one, he told
me: 'Ibra will punch Pep one of these days'.
"Mino is a very friendly and very funny guy but one
must look at his pocket. He makes a living
ridiculously well. He is a specialist at players
changing teams."
Bartomeu claims that voting him in as Barca's
chief will guarantee a brand new midfielder, though
he refused to note whether that would be Pogba.
"The board was asked to secure a specific
midfielder," he continued. "Now we have convinced
him to join us, though I cannot reveal his name
yet.
Bartomeu - who was in charge at Camp Nou from
January 2014 until the end of 2014-15 when the
presidential election race began - also dismissed
Joan Laporta's critical comments regarding the
interim board's activities.
"I've resigned, but the club continues to work on
what was agreed on in April," he added. "We
cannot allow the stop to remain paralysed and
static because rivals with take advantage.
"The sale of Gerard Deulofeu to Everton was
criticised the other day. For god sake, it was a
pre-agreed sale!"
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