Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed how Oguchi Onyewu, the American defender of Nigerian descent, broke his ribs in a fight when both of them were at AC Milan.

The revelations are included in a biography by the Swede, that is being serialised by British paper, Daily Mail

Serious

- I had issues with Oguchi Onyewu, a guy in my team. He was an American the size of a house, and I told a mate in the squad: ‘Something serious is gonna happen. I just feel it.’ Zlatan wrote.

- Onyewu resembled a heavyweight boxer. He was nearly 6ft 5in and weighed over 15 stone, but he couldn’t handle me. He accused me of trash talking, but that wasn’t true.

- People trash talk me. I’ve heard so much over the years: ‘F****** gypsy’, stuff about my mum — all that stuff. I retaliate with my body, not with words.

Trash talk

- I told Onyewu I did not trash talk, but he just kept on. He shushed me with his finger. Then he did it again. I saw red. I didn’t say anything, not a word. That b****** was going to find out how I trash-talk!

- The next time he got the ball in training, I rushed towards him and jumped up with my feet and studs out in front — the worst type of tackle. But he saw me and leapt out of the way.

- As we both crashed to the ground, my first thought was: ‘S**t! I’ve missed!’ As I got up and walked away I felt a blow to my shoulder. Not a good idea, Oguchi Onyewu.

Head butt

- I headbutted him, and we flew at each other. We wanted to tear each other limb from limb. It was brutal. We were rolling around, punching and kneeing each other. We were crazy and furious — it was like life and death.

- Afterwards, the weirdest thing happened. Onyewu started praying to God with tears in his eyes, making the sign of the cross. This felt like a provocation, and I got more furious.

- I was stopped by my team-mates, and I suppose that was a good thing. It could have turned out nasty.
- All the time, I was thinking: my chest hurts,’ so we had it checked out. I’d broken a rib in the fight.

http://www.futaa.com/football/article/onyewu-broke-my-ribs-in-a-fight--ibrahimovic

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