Former Juventus and Real Madrid manager Fabio Capello has revealed which striker made Zlatan Ibrahimovic learn from.
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Over the years, the towering Swede has shown great technical ability and Capello, the striker's former boss, said that he used to make Ibrahimovic watching videos of AC Milan legend Marco van Basten.
"Ibrahimovic had a stunning technique", he told Premium Sport.
"When I moved to Juventus, I immediately asked the club to sign him. I wanted to bring it to Roma in the previous campaign, but we had already (Francesco) Totti, Cassano, (Gabriel) Batistuta, (Vincenzo) Montella and (Marco) Delvecchio.
"At the beginning of his first spell at Juventus, however, I noticed that he was weaker than I thought when he had to kick the ball and was not very strong in the air.
"Ibrahimovic loved making assists more than scoring goals. I wanted him to become more ruthless in front of goal and improve his finishing.
"He had the same technical skills as Van Basten and I made him watch some videos of him to improve his finishing, I told him to watch Van Basten's movements inside the area and the way he used to score goals. Ibra got it straight away; I think results are out there to prove it."
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