Zlatan Ibrahimovic teases Claudio Bravo

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has bought a “welcome to Manchester” present for Claudio Bravo ahead of Saturday’s derby!

Manchester City, in recent years, have been a better performing club than their local rivals Manchester United, especially since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure.

The 34-year-old centre-forward completed a free transfer to the Red Devils from Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain in July after months of speculation linking the towering Swedish man to Old Trafford. The charismatic Swede attempted to inject some spice into the build-up to the fixture by posting a video message to the goalkeeper this morning. He is a victor everywhere he goes. He had never played in the Premier League before and has faced criticism throughout his career that he can not perform against English clubs on the highest stage. “I have always liked him”.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed he had the opportunity of joining Manchester City and Arsenal at different stages of his career.

The former Sweden captain scored four goals in his first four official matches with United.

“I was close to moving to the Premier League twice”, Ibrahimovic told Spanish newspaper theMarca.

However, both sides are very different now, with Mourinho at the United helm in place of Louis van Gaal and Guardiola having replaced Manuel Pellegrini at City.

Schmeichel further raised the tempo of the comparison by calling Manchester United the biggest club in the world, without an argument, ahead of the Manchester derby.