Raiola brands Man City boss Guardiola 'a coward, a dog'

Super agent Mino Raiola has launched a furious attack on Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

Raiola has never forgiven Guardiola for the way treated former Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Barcelona.

He is quoted by the Mirror: “Pep Guardiola, the coach, is fantastic. As a person he's an absolute zero. He's a coward, a dog.

"He's a classic priest. 'Do as I tell you – don't do what I do....' If Manchester City win the Champions League this season it will emphasise what a good coach he is – but I'll hate it."

Raiola admits Guardiola dropping Ibrahimovic for Barca's Champions League final win over United left him seeing red.

He continued: “I went for him that night in the corridors at Wembley - only Adriano Galliani, AC Milan's chairman, stopped me. Lucky for Guardiola."

Raiola added: “Guardiola told Zlatan to go to him if he ever had any problems or complaints.

"But then he just ignored him and wasn't playing him. He didn't even say: 'Hello' to Zlatan.

"Guardiola did the same to Maxwell who is a lovely lad.

"So I told Zlatan to go and park his Ferrari in the manager's spot!"