Maxwell happy to be re-united with Ibrahimovic

source: Aftonbladet
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's new 'life' at Barça does not only mean that he is making new friends. In the Eto'o deal Zlatan also got his best friend from Inter, the Brazilian full-back Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, also known as Maxwell. These two players are currently playing in their third mutual club together.

"Its very special to be with him again. We played together at Ajax, Inter and now here in Barca. We have a very good relation with each other" Maxwell said to 'Sportsbladet'. When asked if Maxwell discussed the transfer with Ibra during the January transfer window. Maxwell answered: "No, during the winter we were concentrating on winning the scudetto and the Italian cup, but at the end of the season we discussed it."

Maxwell's transfer was finalized few weeks before Zlatan's, but Maxwell was sure that Zlatan would follow him to Barca. Both of the players also share the same agent Mino Raiola: "I knew that Ibra's transfer was going to happen when I signed for Barcelona and I'm happy that it took place in the end. He brings a lot of quality to the team," said the Brazilian who is also convinced that this transfer is the best thing that could happen to both of them. "For me there is no better team to join then Barcelona. For both of us it was a very good transfer".

Maxwell has been training with Barça's squad for few weeks now and got to play for 45 minutes against LA Galaxy on Saturday, while Zlatan is still out because of his hand injury. Compared to last season with Inter, it looks like Maxwell and Ibrahimovic will get tough competition from Real Madrid for the title this season. "We will show Real that we can deal with them even though they have spend a lot of money of buying new players", said Maxwell.

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source: Aftonbladet
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Barcelona is a team with a family atmosphere and it looks like Zlatan has already found his "clan". Among the team's Brazilian players... "Sure, me and Zlatan are amigos", said Dani Alves.

Zlatan has already made friends with three Brazilian players in Barca and according to our sources the players are Alves, Maxwell and Henrique. While Maxwell has been one of Zlatan's best friends during his spell in Inter, he also made friends with Alves and Henrique. When the team left the plane after it had landed in Los Angeles, it was Alves who said "Now you must also learn Portuguese!"

When "Sportsbladet" got to talk to Alves, he confirmed: "Yes, me and Zlatan are friends. In Barca its quite easy to make friends with the teammates." When asked about what Ibra can do, Alves said: "I hope he can show his greatness at Barca and I'm sure that he will succeed in doing that."

Even the captain Carles Puyol has talked and welcomed Zlatan to the club. This happened when Zlatan and Puyol were sitting next to each other on the airplane. "I explained to him how it is in Barca and asked about his hand", said the Barcelona captain.

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