Biglia reveals Ibrahimovic’s surprising response to possible Covid pay cut: “Go bankrupt”

Lucas Biglia has revealed some fascinating data on what Zlatan Ibrahimovic mentioned to the concept of AC Milan gamers taking a pay reduce in Covid.

Biglia signed in 2017 as a part of an enormous summer season spending spree through which over €200m was spent. He was meant to be the midfield glue that held every part collectively, with €20m paid to grab him from Lazio although he was 31 years of age.

It by no means actually labored for Biglia with the Rossoneri as his time was negatively impacted by a number of accidents. In three seasons with the membership, he missed a complete of 43 video games on account of bodily issues and he has at all times been trustworthy about why issues didn’t end up nicely.

Biglia spoke to Diretta.it (through Calciomercato.com) and he recounted his profession as a participant and transitioning into being a coach, refusing to rule out the concept of returning to Italy to take up a job if it have been the correct one.

You mentioned ‘Forza Lazio’ whilst you have been about to signal for Milan…

“I’d arrived the night time earlier than after two very intense days. The following day I took the checks at Milan Lab, very demanding checks bodily, and after virtually forty days of trip with none particular coaching.

“I used to be carrying a whole lot of stress, and I even threw up on the finish of the check. On my approach again, somebody I wouldn’t even name a fan got here up and requested me to say hi there, and I mentioned that ‘Forza Lazio’ that has gone down in historical past, additionally as a result of it was filmed. However nobody knew what had occurred beforehand.”

What are your reminiscences of Ibrahimovic?

“As soon as, Ibrahimović forcefully reprimanded Gabbia after a mistake, as he normally did, and he reacted. And Zlatan did it exactly to carry out the character of his teammates. And after Gabbia’s response, he mentioned to him: ‘There, that’s what I wished to see from you’.

“Shortly after his arrival, the Covid pandemic broke out, and rumors started to flow into inside the membership that wages wanted to be lowered. His response was clear: ‘I performed for Berlusconi’s AC Milan, and I don’t intend to surrender even a single euro. For me, you’ll be able to even go bankrupt’.”