Zlatan Ibrahimovic joked with Mino Raiola that he would 'break his legs' if he didn't secure the deal that took Paul Pogba to Manchester United this summer.
Raiola, the Dutch super agent, brokered the moves of Zlatan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pogba to Old Trafford in the off-season, banking himself nearly £40million in the process.
Ibrahimovic was the first domino to fall on July 1 2016, when he signed on a Bosman for one year.
It would be nearly six weeks of hard negotiation after that until Pogba arrived back in the north-west of England, and during that period, Raiola reveals, the Swedish forward threatened the agent with violence if he couldn't get a deal done.
"He was the first [to sign] and he called me and said, 'you dare let Pogba sign for someone else and I'll break your legs.'"
Raiola also went on to defend criticism of Pogba's poor early-season form. "For Paul it is that he still needs to find the balance in the team.
"My favourite him is attacking midfielder, slightly left. He will destory you with his strength, movement and technique but that is up to Mourinho."
Pogba scored his first United goal on Saturday in the 4-1 romp over Leicester.
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