Capello: ‘I made Ibra watch videos of Van Basten to improve his finishing’
The Italian tactician coached Ibra from 2004 to 2006 at Juventus. The Old Lady won two successive Serie A title with Ibra and Capello at the club, but both titles were revoked after the match-fixing scandal calciopoli.
Capello has revealed that he also wanted to sign Ibrahimovic when he was Roma coach in 2003.
“Ibrahimovic had a stunning technique”, Capello has 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 Totti, Cassano, Batistuta, Montella and 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.”
“He is a very humble guy and he worked every day to improve He’s proud of himself too, he loves being the best.”
