Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s agent Mino Raiola claims the Swedish striker didn’t leave Juventus due to Calciopoli, insisting that the deal with Inter was reached six months before after Zlatan annoyed Luciano Moggi.

“It’s not true that Ibra was transferred away from Juve because of Calciopoli, in the summer of 2006,” Raiola told the Corriere dello Sport. “The agreement with Inter was reached six months before.

“It was November 2, 2005. Champions League, Juve-Bayern 2-1, Ibra sent off in the 89th minute for a second booking.

“Moggi went on the rampage, and in the dressing room he exploded at me: ‘tell Ibrahimovic than he can shove his contract extension up his…” I’ll let you imagine Zlatan’s reaction. If he’d been sold in January, Inter would have paid €90m. Then Calciopoli broke out and he cost Moratti €20m.

“His move to Paris Saint-Germain? If it was up to Ibra he’d never have left Milan. So much so that one day [Adriano] Galliani invited me for dinner at his home.

“Adriano asked Zlatan: ‘Do you want to leave?’. Zlatan responded: ‘No, capo.’ Adriano cut it short, he said: ‘Then we’ll never sell you. Your agent is here too, there’s a bottle of champagne. Mino, why don’t you make a toast?’.

“I knew what Milan’s financial difficulties were, and how crucial the transfers of Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to the French club were. The Swede’s wages weighed on the accounts to the tune of some €75m gross. Given the situation, selling him was inevitable.

“And you should have seen Zlatan’s reaction, for three months he didn’t answer my calls, for 18 months he wouldn’t take to Galliani. And on the day of his presentation, I had to go and get him in Stockholm in a private plane!”