Watch as Milan veteran Zlatan Ibrahimovic moves Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to tears with a special message.
The pair spent one season working together back in the 2012-13 campaign at Paris Saint-Germain. That season saw Ancelotti guide the Ligue 1 giants to the league title, a campaign where Ibrahimovic scored 30 goals in 34 games.
Ancelotti was recently interviewed on the Rai 3 show ‘Che tempo che fa’ and during the conversation Ibrahimovic phoned in to send a special message to his former coach.
Speaking on a video recording, Ibrahimovic moved Ancelotti to tears with his kind words.
“Hello Carlo, congratulations for what you have done and for what you have won. You are number one, I had great luck to have you as a coach, but you had it too to have me as a coach.
“The main luck though was to get to know the person you are and that’s why I say to you that as a man you are even better than as a coach.
“I love you, but don’t tell me any more that you’re not rich and that I have to lend you money, because now you’re in a good situation too!”
Ancelotti gave an emotional reply, praising the human qualities of Ibrahimovic.
“Behind this mask of arrogance there is a great professional and a great altruist. Zlatan was one of the few players I coached who took more pleasure in providing an assist than scoring a goal, in Paris it was like that. He is a great player and a great character.”