Ibra welcomes Inter jeers

(GSM) – Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic will welcome jeers from Internazionale fans as he enters his first derby in red and black this weekend.

Ibra told he told Sky Italia: “In three years with Inter I won and also suffered a bit. I have fond memories, but that is the past, this is the future.

“Will the Nerazzurri fans jeer me? I welcome their jeers, as they fire me up even more. It just adds to the motivation.

“Inter are now an opposition team for me. I play for Milan and they’re my opponents, so doing everything to beat Inter is normal.”

Ibrahimovic, who joined Barcelona from Inter in 2009, says he left Inter because he felt that he could not give more to the club.

“When I was playing for Inter, there was a plan for the future, but now we can say it is definitive. The squad was nowhere near as united at the time. They won the Treble last season because they are strong, had so much potential and they gave it their all. I went to Inter in order to win and I won.

“I left Inter because I had reached the nadir and couldn’t do any more. It is better to change so you can have that new motivation and adrenaline. This is why I left. Mind you, I also joined a stronger side.”

The Swede forward blames Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola for his quick exit from the Catalan giants while giving Milan credit for bringing him back his ‘smile’.

“I don’t know what happened with Guardiola. If I knew what the problem was, I’d have resolved it. When you don’t know the problem, then it’s impossible.

“Milan gave me back my smile, as I wasn’t happy with the situation at Barcelona. In those moments, it is important to find something that brings back your smile and hunger to play. This is what Milan gave me.

“I believe strongly in this side as Scudetto contenders and also with Champions League potential.”