Ibrahimovic, Carragher, Van Nistelrooy: Football teammates that disliked each other
It’s easy to assume that all football teammates get on.
After all, they spend pretty much every day with each other. Whether it’s training, eating, travelling, showering or sharing incredible moments on the pitch, teammates can form extremely close bonds.
However, with all that time spent together, it’s only natural that some players will clash. There are bound to be many different personalities at an entire football club who simply don’t get on.
Therefore, we wanted to look at 10 sets of teammates who didn’t exactly see eye-to-eye. In fact, they openly hated each other.
This feud began between the two former Arsenal players in 2011 when Nasri slammed Frimpong for getting sent off during a 2-0 loss to Liverpool.
“I took the phone and then it was Nasri on the phone threatening me, telling me that when he sees me, this that,” Frimpong added.
“I told him, ‘I’m not one of the players that’s afraid of you. If you want us to sort it out as men, we can sort it out as men.’
“To be honest, at that time when he left Arsenal, I could tell him what I actually thought about him because he was there so I could basically let him know my feelings.
“So I just told him that I don’t like him, I don’t respect him and I will never respect him as a professional player.”
Frimpong gave an explosive interview to the The Athletic in 2019.
“For me, the truth is I’ve never liked Nasri and I will never, ever like this guy,” he said.
“Even if he gives me five billion dollars, I will still not like him.”
The two former Ajax teammates clashed during an international friendly between Sweden and the Netherlands.
Ibrahimovic injured Van der Vaart and the Dutchman believes it was deliberate.
In his 2013 autobiography, Zltan revealed that he threatened to