"'You can have a trial with us,' he said. 'You can give it a try. You can test things out.' No matter how much I wanted to behave, those words set me off.
"'Give me a pair of boots. I'll have a trial. I'll do it right now,' I said. Then Borg (Malmo's sporting director, Hasse Borg) interrupted me, saying, 'Stop, stop, we'll sort this out, you're not going to have a trial, not at all,' and of course, I understood what he was getting at: either you're interested, or you're not.
"Having a trial puts you in a weak position, so we said no: 'We're sorry, Mr Wenger, but we are not interested.' I'm sure it was the right decision, though."
Ibrahimovic also indicated that City showed interest in his services when he left Barcelona in 2011, revealing: "When I was forced to leave Barcelona by Pep Guardiola in 2011, sure I knew all about the incredible things that had happened at Manchester City and all the money that seemed to be there since the crew from the UAE had taken over.
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