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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20823668" data-attributes="member: 158020">Ibrahimovic one of the best - Zambrotta <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/GOAL_INTERNATIONAL/45/17/hd-zlatan-ibrahimovic-manchester-united-07082016_x7v53zakoeti1dwa8gi8cv0tu.jpg?t=1710495446&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the all-time great strikers, according to former Italy full-back Gianluca Zambrotta. The 39-year-old played with the Swede for a total of four years, as they were at Juventus together between 2004-06 and were reunited four years later with Milan in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons, before Ibrahimovic went on to star for Paris Saint-Germain.Ibrahimovic has made an incredible start to life at Old Trafford, having scored five goals in as many matches, but has just one strike in his last seven appearances. “I was very lucky because I played with some very good strikers like Samuel Eto'o, Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Trezeguet, but Ibrahimovic was one of the best,” Zambrotta told Goal.“He had a large personality and was a very professional man, he always gave 100 per cent and was a powerful player. As a technician, Zlatan has almost everything.”  Zambrotta won two Serie A titles at Juve alongside Chelsea manager Antonio Conte and the legendary right-back says that he always knew that the coach would be successful in the dugout. “You could see that he had all the characteristics and power to be a good coach,” said Zambrotta.“He was always motivating the team as a captain and he is now giving great inspiration as a manager.” Meanwhile, he looked ahead to Sunday's derby meeting between Juventus and Torino, commenting: “The Turin derby was something that you felt before the match, but all the derbies in Italy - Roma-Lazio, Sampdoria-Genoa and Milan-Inter - were big. Sometimes it was important to win one derby just to save your season. “Of course it’s very exciting to play in a Milan derby, it’s also amazing to play in front of 80,000 people. You can feel the atmosphere one week or 10 days before the game, as the derby is not just an important match in Milan but in the whole of Italy.”The World Cup-winning defender moved to Barcelona in 2006, and although he has fond memories of his time in Spain, it didn’t work out as he had hoped. Barca have been champions of Spain in eight of the last 12 seasons, but Zambrotta was unfortunate not to claim a single title under his friend Frank Rijkaard. “When I arrived in Barcelona I was expecting a very important season, but it was a very explosive team in my two years,” he said.“We didn’t win La Liga, even though we reached the same level as Real Madrid and had the same points, as they won the title on the head-to-head rule.” It’s often claimed that Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola sold the defender as part of the clear-out that saw Ronaldinho and Deco leave when he took over first team duties, however, Zambrotta revealed it didn’t quite materialise in this manner. “I received an offer from Milan, so I never had the opportunity to connect and work with Guardiola. It was nothing personal, it was just the way that it happened,” he confessed. Now Delhi Dynamos coach, he has shared the pitch with some of the greatest performers ever, but it was the skill of one former team-mate off the pitch at the Camp Nou that shocked him more. Zambrotta said: “I was surprised by Ronaldinho because he was always juggling the ball whilst he was getting changed. Whether it was in the dressing room or in training he always had the ball and was performing tricks.”</blockquote>

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