Zlatan Ibrahimovic slams Pep Guardiola once again ahead of Manchester United's tie with City

Zlatan Ibrahimovic slams Pep Guardiola once again ahead of Manchester United's tie with City


Zlatan Ibrahimovic has aimed another volley at ex-manager Pep Guardiola
Ibrahimovic branded Guardiola a 'spineless coward' in his autobiography
The Swede has claimed that Jose Mourinho is a superior man-manager
'He (Mourinho) is direct with everyone; he will not go behind your back' said the striker ahead of Saturday's all-important Manchester derby
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's feud with Pep Guardiola simmered on Friday as the Manchester United striker aimed another volley at his former manager.

The pair's relationship broke down at Barcelona, with Ibrahimovic branding Guardiola a 'spineless coward' in his explosive autobiography and then later labelling him 'not a man'.

He was at it again before Saturday lunchtime's highly-anticipated Manchester derby, claiming that Jose Mourinho has superior man-management techniques.

Ibrahimovic's feud with Pep Guardiola simmered on Friday ahead of  the Manchester derby

Ibrahimovic branded Guardiola a 'spineless coward' in his explosive autobiography
'He (Mourinho) is direct with everyone,' said Ibrahimovic. 'He will not go behind your back, he will tell you. I prefer it like that.

'Wherever Guardiola has gone he has won and he has been very successful.

'How he works today I don't know and I don't care because he is not my coach.'

Guardiola — who has also had to contend with barbs from Ibrahimovic's outspoken agent Mino Raiola this week — kept his decorum and refuted any suggestions by the Swede that he shut him out.

Guardiola said: 'I was clear, I spoke with him always face to face, always.

'I never used the media to explain what I wanted from Zlatan on the pitch. I was so clear and direct to him.'

Forget Jose Mourinho vs Pep Guardiola... watch out for Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the Manchester derby!

Retirement surely not a barrier to wonderful skills, as arsenal beats AC Milan

 The Nigerian striker was in impressive form as Arsenal comprehensively beat a Milan side which featured the likes of Christian Vieiri and Cafu.
A Nwankwo Kanu hat-trick and goal from Robert Pires gave Arsenal Legends a 4-1 win over Milan Glorie in a charity match at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners attempted to start the match with 12 men when Nigerian striker Kanu didn’t realise he had been named as a substitute, but the 40-year-old made up for his mistake when he scored a header from Emmanuel Petit’s cross on 27 minutes, before Milan’s Christian Vieri equalised with a scrappy effort five minutes before the break.

Kanu scored a second on 72 minutes before Pires got in on the act just a day after playing at the Wembley Cup, while Vieri netted a late consolation for Milan when he rebounded in a penalty which was well saved by David Seaman.

Highlights included Martin Keown begging Arsene Wenger to bring him on throughout the match and Nigel Winterburn squaring up to Paolo Di Canio in a mock incident of when the Italian confronted a referee against Sheffield Wednesday in September 1998.

Robert Pires, Freddie Ljungberg and Kolo Toure all featured for the home side while Wenger and Fabio Capello took charge of the respective squads in a match which is expected to raise £1 million for the Arsenal Foundation’s mission to build pitches for children in London, Jordan and Somalia.

Source: goal.com

Okiki Afolabi joins Argentinian club side Atletico cordobar on loan.

 13 goals Sunshine Stars FC ace, Okiki Afolabi has joined Argentine club Atletico Cordoba on a season-long loan with an option for a permanent deal.

The second leading goal scorer in the Nigeria professional league said he is thrilled to have secured the deal following uncertainty over his football career in almost a year.

Okiki was quoted as saying by completesportsnigeria.com, " I'm happy that the move has been completed because at some point I was having doubts. It's time for me to repay my new coach for believing in me and I pray I score many goals for the club."

Prior to this move, there was an uncorfirmed news that the  has been duped by an unnamed agent who took him to Argentina inorder to help him secure a deal with a club in the country.

All completed deals in the EPL.

As it is expected, the final day of transfers is always nail biting and suspense packed.

So we have decided to come up with all concluded deals in the EPL.

ARSENAL 

IN

Granit Xhaka (Borussia Monchengladbach, £35m)

Rob Holding (Bolton, £2.5m)

Lucas Perez (Deportivo La Coruna, £17m)

Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia, £35m)

OUT

Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United, undisclosed)

Serge Gnabry (Werder Bremen, £4.5m) 

Mikel Arteta (released)

Tomas Rosicky (released)

Mathieu Flamini (released) 

Joel Campbell (Sporting Lisbon, loan)

Jack Wilshere (Bournemouth, loan) 

 

BOURNEMOUTH

IN

Jordon Ibe (Liverpool, £15m)

Brad Smith (Liverpool, £6m) 

Lewis Cook (Leeds United, £6m) 

Lys Mousset (Le Havre, £5.4m)

Marc Wilson (Stoke City, £2m)

Mihai Dobre (Viitorul Constanta, undisclosed) 

Emerson Hyndman (Fulham, compensation)

Nathan Ake (Chelsea, loan)

Jack Wilshere (Arsenal, loan) 

OUT

Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United, £12m) 

Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa, £3.6m)  

Lee Tomlin (Bristol City, £2.75m)

Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed) 

Eunan O'Kane (Leeds United, undisclosed) 

Sylvain Distin (released)

Stephane Zubar (released)

Josh Carmichael (released)

Josh Wakefield (released) 

Glenn Murray (Brighton & Hove Albion, loan)

Matt Butcher (Yeovil Town, loan) 

Baily Cargill (Gillingham, loan) 

Tokelo Rantie (Genclerbirligi, undisclosed)

 

BURNLEY

IN

Jeff Hendrick (Derby County, undisclosed) 

Steven Defour (Anderlecht, £7m) 

Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic, £2.5m)

Nick Pope (Charlton Athletic, £1.1m)

Jon Flanagan (Liverpool, loan) 

Patrick Bamford (Chelsea, loan) 

OUT

David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday (undisclosed) 

Joey Barton (Rangers, free) 

Matt Gilks (Rangers, free)

Steven Hewitt (Accrington Stanley, free)

Lloyd Dyer (Burton Albion, free) 

Matt Taylor (Northampton Town, free)

Michael Duff (retired)

Chris Long (Fleetwood Town, loan) 

Lucas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham, loan) 

Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United, loan) 

 

CHELSEA 

IN

Michy Batshuayi (Marseille, £33m) 

N'Golo Kante (Leicester, £32m)

David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain, £32m)

Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina, £23m) 

Eduardo (Dinamo Zagreb, £2m) 

OUT

Mohamed Salah (Roma, £16m)

Papy Djilobodji (Sunderland, £8m)

John Swift (Reading, free) 

Nathan Ake (Bournemouth, loan)

Tomas Kalas (Fulham, loan)

Tammy Abraham (Bristol City, loan) 

Bertrand Traore (Ajax, loan)

Izzy Brown (Rotherham United, loan) 

Patrick Bamford (Burnley, loan) 

Loic Remy (Crystal Palace, loan)

Juan Cuadrado (Juventus, loan) 

Christian Atsu (Newcastle United, loan) 

 

CRYSTAL PALACE 

IN 

Christian Benteke (Liverpool, £32m) 

Andros Townsend (Newcastle United, £13m)

James Tomkins (West Ham United, £10m) 

Steve Mandanda (Marseille £1.5m) 

Loic Remy (Chelsea, loan) 

OUT 

Yannick Bolasie (Everton, £30m) 

Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United, £10m)

Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa, £4m) 

Alex McCarthy (Southampton, undisclosed)

Jerome Binnom-Williams (Peterborough United, undisclosed)

Jake Gray (Luton Town, free) 

Emmanuel Adebayor (released)

Marouane Chamakh (released)

Brede Hangeland (released)

Adrian Mariappa (released)

Paddy McCarthy (released)

Freddie Ladapo (Oldham, loan) 

Jonny Williams (Ipswich, loan) 

 

EVERTON 

IN

Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace, £30m) 

Ashley Williams (Swansea, £9m) 

Idrissa Gana Gueye (Aston Villa, £7.1m) 

Maarten Stekelenburg (Fulham, undisclosed)

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Sheffield United, £15.m) 

Enner Valencia (West Ham United, loan) 

OUT

John Stones (Manchester City, £47.5m)

Steven Pienaar (Sunderland, free) 

Tony Hibbert (released)

Leon Osman (released)

Luke Garbutt (Wigan Athletic, loan)

Aiden McGeady (Preston North End, loan) 

 

HULL CITY 

IN

Will Mannion (AFC Wimbledon, compensation) 

David Marshall (Cardiff, undisclosed)

Ryan Mason (Tottenham, undisclosed)

James Weir (Manchester United, undisclosed) 

Dieumerci Mbokani (Dynamo Kiev, loan) 

Markus Henriksen (AZ Alkmaar, loan) 

OUT

Mohamed Diame (Newcastle United, £4.5m) 

Sone Aluko (Fulham, free)

Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (Oldham Athletic, free) 

Ryan Taylor (released) 

 

LEICESTER CITY 

IN

Islam Slimani (Sporting Lisbon, £29.7m) 

Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, £18m) 

Nampalys Mendy (Nice, £13m) 

Bartosz Kapustka (Cracovia, £7.5m)

Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 69, undisclosed)

Luis Hernandez (Sporting Gijon, undisclosed)

Raul Uche Rubio (Rayo Vallecano, undisclosed)

OUT

N'Golo Kante (Chelsea, £32m)

Liam Moore (Reading, £1m) 

Gokhan Inler (Besiktas, undisclosed) 

Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim, undisclosed)

Joe Dodoo (Rangers, compensation)

Paul Konchesky (Gillingham, free) 

Ryan Watson (Barnet, free) 

Dean Hammond (released)

Harry Panayiotou (released)

Mark Schwarzer (released)

Michael Cain (Blackpool, loan) 

Tom Lawrence (Ipswich, loan) 

 

LIVERPOOL 

IN 

Sadio Mane (Southampton, £30m)

Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United, £25m) 

Ragnar Klavan (Augsburg, £5m)  

Loris Karius (Mainz, £4.7m) 

Joel Matip (Schalke, free)

Alex Manninger (Augsburg, free)

OUT 

Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace, £32m) 

Jordon Ibe (Bournemouth, £15m)

Joe Allen (Stoke City, £13.5m)

Brad Smith (Bournemouth, £6m)  

Martin Skrtel (Fenerbahce, £5m)

Luis Alberto (Lazio, £4.3m) 

Jerome Sinclair (Watford, £4m)

Sergi Canos (Norwich City (£2.5m) 

Lawrence Vigouroux (Swindon Town, £400,000)  

Jordan Rossiter (Rangers, £250,000)

Mario Balotelli (Nice, free) 

Jose Enrique (released)

Kolo Toure (released)

Samed Yesil (released)

Jon Flanagan (Burnley, loan) 

Danny Ward (Huddersfield Town, loan)

Adam Bogdan (Wigan Athletic, loan)

Ryan Kent (Barnsley, loan) 

Andre Wisdom (Red Bull Salzburg, loan) 

Lazar Markovic (Sporting Lisbon, loan) 

 

MANCHESTER CITY 

IN

John Stones (Everton, £47.5m)  

Leroy Sane (Schalke, £42m)

Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras, £27m) 

Ilkay Gundogan (Borussia Dortmund, £21m)

Claudio Bravo (Barcelona, £17m) 

Nolito (Celta Vigo £14m)

Marlos Moreno (Atletico Nacional, £4.5m) 

Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ufa, undisclosed)

Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City, swap deal)  

OUT

Marlos Moreno (Deportivo La Coruna, loan) 

Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield, loan) 

Martin Demichelis (released)

Richard Wright (retired) 

Sinan Bytyqi (Go Ahead Eagles, loan)

Joe Hart (Torino, loan) 

Wilfried Bony (Stoke City, loan) 

Samir Nasri (Sevilla, loan)

Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia, loan) 

Jason Denayer (Sunderland, loan) 

 

MANCHESTER UNITED 

IN

Paul Pogba (Juventus, £100m) 

Eric Bailly (Villarreal, £30m)

Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund, £26m)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain, free)

OUT

Donald Love (Sunderland, combined £5.5m)

Paddy McNair (Sunderland, combined £5.5m) 

Ashley Fletcher (West Ham United, £700,000) 

Tyler Reid (Swansea City, undisclosed)

James Weir (Hull City, undisclosed) 

Victor Valdes (Middlesbrough, free)

Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic, free) 

Guillermo Varela (Eintracht Frankfurt, loan)

Adnan Januzaj (Sunderland, loan)

James Wilson (Derby County, loan) 

Andreas Pereira (Granada, loan) 

 

MIDDLESBROUGH

IN

Marten De Roon (Atalanta, £12m)

Viktor Fischer (Ajax, £3.8m)

Antonio Barragan (Valencia, £3m)

Fabio da Silva (Cardiff City, undisclosed)

Adama Traore (Aston Villa, undisclosed) 

Victor Valdes (Manchester United, free)

Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, free) 

Bernardo Espinosa (Sporting Gijon, free) 

Jordan McGhee (Hearts, loan)

Alvaro Negredo (Valencia, loan) 

OUT

Albert Adomah (Aston Villa, undisclosed)

Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed) 

Rhys Williams (Perth Glory, free)

Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock, free) 

Jonathan Woodgate (released)

Damia Abella (released)

Connor Ripley (Oldham Athletic, loan) 

Albert Adomah (Aston Villa, loan) 

 

SOUTHAMPTON 

IN

Sofiane Boufal (Lille, £16m) 

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Bayern Munich, £12m)  

Nathan Redmond (Norwich City, £11m)

Alex McCarthy (Crystal Palace, undisclosed)

Jeremy Pied (Nice, free) 

Stuart Taylor (Unattached, free) 

OUT

Sadio Mane (Liverpool, £30m)

Graziano Pelle (Shandong Luneng, £13m) 

Victor Wanyama (Tottenham Hotspur, £11m) 

Gaston Ramirez (released)

Kelvin Davis (retired)

Jason McCarthy (Walsall, loan) 

Paulo Gazzaniga (Rayo Vallecano, loan)

Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers, loan) 

 

STOKE CITY 

Joe Allen (Liverpool, £13.5m) 

Ramadan Sobhi (Al Ahly, £5m)

Cameron McJannett (Luton Town, undisclosed) 

Ryan Sweeney (Wimbledon, loan) 

Lee Grant (Derby County, loan) 

Wilfried Bony (Manchester City, loan)

Bruno Martins Indi (Porto, loan) 

OUT

Marc Wilson (Bournemouth, £2m) 

Steve Sidwell (Brighton, free) 

Peter Odemwingie (released) 

 

SUNDERLAND 

IN   

Didier Ndong (Lorient, £13.5m) 

Papy Djilobodji (Chelsea, £8m)

Donald Love (Manchester United, combined £5.5m)

Paddy McNair (Manchester United, combined £5.5m)

Steven Pienaar (Everton, free) 

Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United, loan) 

Javier Manquillo (Atletico Madrid, loan) 

Jason Denayer (Manchester City, loan) 

OUT 

Younes Kaboul (Watford, £3.5m) 

Emanuele Giaccherini (Napoli, £2m)

Jordi Gomez (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed) 

Liam Bridcutt (Leeds United, undisclosed)

Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers, free) 

Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday, free) 

Wes Brown (released)

Steve Harper (released)

Mikael Mandron (released)

Liam Agnew (released)

Will Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday, loan) 

Adam Matthews (Bristol City, loan) 

Jeremain Lens (Fenerbahce, loan)

 

SWANSEA CITY 

IN

Borja Baston (Atletico Madrid, £15.5m) 

Leroy Fer (QPR, £3.5m)

Mike van der Hoorn (Ajax, £2m)

Tyler Reid (Manchester United, undisclosed)

Fernando Llorente (Sevilla, loan) 

George Byers (Watford, free)

Mark Birighitti (Newcastle Jets, free) 

OUT

Andre Ayew (West Ham United, £20.5m)

Ashley Williams (Everton, £9m) 

Alberto Paloschi (Atalanta, £6m) 

Eder (Lille, £4m)

Daniel Alfei (released)

Lee Lucas (released)

Bafetimbi Gomis (Marseille, loan) 

Matt Grimes (Leeds United, loan) 

Kyle Bartley (Leeds United, loan) 

Liam Shephard (Yeovil Town, loan) 

Kenji Gorre (Northampton Town, loan)

Adam King (Southend United, loan)

Josh Sheehan (Newport County, loan) 

Franck Tabanou (Granada, loan)

Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers, loan) 

 

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR  

IN

Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United, £30m) 

Vincent Janssen (AZ Alkmaar, £18.5m) 

Victor Wanyama (Southampton, £11m)

Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (Marseille, £10m)

Pau Lopez (Espanyol, loan) 

OUT

Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion, £13m) 

Alex Pritchard (Norwich City, £8m)

Dominic Ball (Rotherham United, undisclosed) 

Ryan Mason (Hull, undisclosed) 

Federico Fazio (Roma, loan) 

Clinton Njie (Marseille, loan)

 

WATFORD

IN

Roberto Pereyra (Juventus, £13m) 

Isaac Success (Granada, £12m) 

Christian Kabasele (Racing Genk, £5.8m)

Jerome Sinclair (Liverpool, £4m)

Brice Dja Djedje (Marseille, £4m)

Younes Kaboul (Sunderland, £3.5m) 

Stefano Okaka (Anderlecht, undisclosed) 

Juan Zuniga (Napoli, loan)

Adrian Mariappa (Crystal Palace, free) 

OUT

Ikechi Anya (Derby County, £4m)

Allan Nyom (West Bromwich Albion, undisclosed) 

Gabriele Angella (Udinese, undisclosed) 

Jurado (Espanyol, undisclosed)

Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed)

Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday (undisclosed) 

George Byers (Swansea City, free) 

Joel Ekstrand (released) 

Josh Doherty (released)

Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord, loan) 

 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 

IN

Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur, £13m) 

Matty Phillips (QPR, £5.5m)

Allan Nyom (Watford, undisclosed) 

Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading, free) 

Brendan Galloway (Everton, loan) 

OUT

Rickie Lambert (Cardiff City, undisclosed) 

Anders Lindegaard (Preston North End, free) 

Victor Anichebe (released)

Stephane Sessegnon (released)

Tyler Roberts (Oxford United, loan) 

Cristian Gamboa (Celtic, undisclosed)

Sebastien Pocognoli (Brighton, loan) 

 

WEST HAM UNITED 

IN

Andre Ayew (Swansea City, £20.5m)

Arthur Masuaku (Olympiacos, £6m) 

Edmilson Fernandes (Sion, £5.5m)  

Toni Martinez (Valencia, £2.4m)

Ashley Fletcher (Manchester United, £700,000)

Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia, free)

Havard Nordtveit (Borussia Monchengladbach, free)

Gokhan Tore (Besiktas, loan)

Jonathan Calleri (Deportivo Maldonado, loan)

Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid, free) 

OUT

James Tomkins (Crystal Palace, £10m) 

Elliot Lee (Barnsley, free)

Joey O'Brien (released) 

Jordan Brown (released)

Leo Chambers (released)

Diego Poyet (released) 

Stephen Hendrie (Blackburn Rovers, loan) 

Kyle Knoyle (Wigan Athletic, loan) 

Josh Cullen (Bradford City, loan)

Lewis Page (Coventry City, loan)

Enner Valencia (Everton, loan)

 

Source: daily mail.