This is exactly what Manchester United fans wanted to hear.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and £89m man Paul Pogba are getting along swimmingly already.
It’s no easy task assimilating two football megastars with big characters and even bigger egos into the same team.
Characters don’t come much bigger than Zlatan, as he likes to refer to himself – and the same goes for Pogba, who seems to change his haircut more often than his socks.
So United fans will be delighted to hear that a nascent bromance is forming between the two Old Trafford new boys within a fortnight of Pogba’s arrival.
The pair’s brotherly love affair was brought to light by Pogba during a chat with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, who was down at United’s Carrington training ground for Sky Sports.
From what the former United youngster says, Zlatan wasted absolutely no time taking the piss out of him.
“He loves to joke. Every time I see him he has to say something about my shoes, about my hair. And the way he talks…”
https://twitter.com/Stormzy1_/status/759411723287859201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
While we know Pogba can nail a Stormzy accent, It turns out Pogba has already got his Zlatan impression locked down too. Pogba can certainly give as good as he gets…
"@7otbfootball: The Zlatan and Pogba bromance has begun #MUFC #EPL pic.twitter.com/lXTgyxnbIN/s/XU2u"
— mathieu bitok™ (@itsbitok) August 19, 2016
Zlatan, who holds a black belt in taekwondo, was also taking the piss out of the French internationals fighting skill after seeing a video of him hitting pads in training over summer. He looks pretty deadly at Muay Thai to us, but Zlatan wasn’t impressed…
“I was training today and he was laughing about my combo on Instagram. He goes ‘what is this?’ I was laughing. The way he was talking is just funny. He’s a very good guy.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIn1IdPDB89/?taken-by=paulpogba&hl=en
But it’s his love affair with United that will equally be music to the ears of fans.
When asked why he came back, he said: “I’ve always loved United.
“So I left it because I wanted to play and I wanted to show the world and show United I was ready to play and motivated to play.
“This comeback just shows that I left United but part of my heart was still here.”
The full interview is well worth a watch…
https://youtu.be/I732tP8pdiw
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