The magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport today publishes excerpts from the book "Adrenalina" (released in Sweden on December 8) where Ibrahimovic describes how close it was that he ended up in Naples instead of Milan at the end of 2019.

It writes Fotbollskanalen.

Ibrahimovic was so taken by how the football-mad Naples was portrayed that he immediately called his agent Mino Raiola - and asked him to contact Napoli.

"I felt the adrenaline pumping, here at the veins in my throat.

Dunk, dunk, dunk… ”

"But are you sure?"

Raiola wondered.

Do you want me to keep playing?

My adrenaline is the Napoli fans.

I'm going there, and attract 80,000 spectators to every game and win the league like under Diego.

Everyone will be crazy about winning the scudetto.

That's my adrenaline rush. ”

replied Ibrahimovic.

Only signatures were missing

Raiola contacted Napoli, negotiations were held and the parties agreed.

The only thing missing were signed contracts.

"Everything was clear.

I was going to Naples.

The coach was Carlo Ancelotti and I knew him well, we were in Paris together.

He was overjoyed that we would see each other again, we talked at almost every day.

He explains how he wanted me to play ”.

But then everything suddenly went awry.

"The day I was to sign for Naples, on December 11, President De Laurentiis fired Ancelotti.

In the middle of the season.

I got a bad feeling.

A negative signal.

I can not trust this president.

Someone who does that can not give me and the squad stability.

And then I knew that Rino Gattuso, even though he is a friend, needed a different type of striker for his 4-3-3.

Besides, he did not hear from him.

The agreement was over. "

Instead, the choice fell on Milan, where "Ibra" is playing today.

Tonight, Milan play away against Genoa and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is assumed to be in the starting eleven.

After 14 rounds, Napoli tops Serie A, three points ahead of Milan.

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Zlatan says he does not regret the tackle.

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