Ibrahimovic says former coach Guardiola 'is not a man'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent further barbs in Pep Guardiola's direction during a wide-ranging interview with CNN.

Ibrahimovic has claimed numerous major honours across the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France since leaving Sweden 14 years ago, although he does not reserve much affection for his former Barcelona boss Guardiola.

The 34-year-old clashed with the current Bayern Munich coach during a one-season spell at Camp Nou in 2009-10 and he described Guardiola as a "spineless coward" in his autobiography – a view that does not appear to have greatly softened.

"Whatever happened, as a coach he was fantastic," Ibrahimovic said. "As a person, I have no comments about that. That is something else.

"He is not a man. There's nothing more to say."