The presence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Major League Soccer had a great impact on American football, because in just one year, ‘The Swedish Lion’ conquered the North American courts, however, it was not honey on flakes, as there are more and more signals against the current AC Milan striker and this time it was Ashley Cole, who revealed the friction he had with Ibrahimovic and he even assured that they were very close to reaching the blows.
The former English footballer said in an interview with Romesh Ranganathan that Zlatan showed a completely different face inside the LA Galaxy dressing room, because while he was showing a personality to the media, With his companions it was more than different, and there were even moments when he would offend his companions.
“He has two personalities, with us in the dressing room he was brilliant, calm, very humble but for the media he was God. There were times when he walked into the locker room and told someone 'your touch is shit, you can't run, you're too slow', but in front of the media, his personality changed”Declared the Englishman.
Similarly, Cole recounted an occasion when spirits overheated and he was very close to hitting Ibrahimovic, after the Swede claimed him after one of his performances with the American club, but fortunately this discussion did not pass to greater.
“He tried once, He threw his hands up in the air and I said 'put your fucking hands down', I mean it, honestly. I was thinking 'I may have a point', but don't raise your hands. “, he remembered.
Cole was part of that LA Galaxy in 2018, the year in which Zlatan Ibrahimovic came to revolutionize MLS and Although he did not manage to lift the title for the Los Angeles team, his time in the United States will be remembered by scoring 53 goals and giving 15 assists in 58 games, in addition to giving something to talk about with his characteristic personality.