Ex-United Star reveals details of their dressing down incident with Jose Mourinho infront of teammates

The ”Lion” Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jose Mourinho have enjoyed a particularly strong relationship during their careers.

The Swede national was at Inter Milan when Mourinho arrived in Italy before the pair was reunited at Old Trafford in 2016.

Mourinho has previously admitted Ibrahimovic will have a special place in his heart – but the striker has opened up on one particular dressing down from his former boss.

“When they say he is too outspoken in the media, if he is outspoken in the media about you, he has been outspoken to you directly,” he told a reporter Andy Dunn during a special sit down interview in Lose Angeles.

“I had a situation at Inter where we had done a bad first half and in front of the team at half-time, he was criticising me.

“I was supposed to be getting an award for being the best player in Italy and he said … ‘When you go on to that stage and receive your award, you should feel ashamed. The way you are playing now, you do not deserve it’.”

Ibrahimovic went on to admit he was able to deal with the criticism while others often struggled.

“Him criticising players is nothing new. It is all about how you take it,” the LA Galaxy striker added.

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