I yelled at Van der Vaart: 'Stop the lies or I'll break both your legs' - I wanted to rip another team-mate limb from limb...

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In part two of extracts of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's explosive autobiography I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the striker tells of fist fights with team-mates and trying to evade the law in fast cars.

 

I joined AC Milan in 2010 and our biggest league match was approaching. The Milan derby against Inter, whose most passionate fans — the Ultras — were going to hate me. 

On top of that, 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.’

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 s**t over the years: ‘F****** gypsy’, stuff about my mum — all that stuff. I retaliate with my body, not with words.

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