In Marti Perarnau’s recent book, ‘Pep Confidential’ it was clear that Mario Mandžukić was one player who didn’t have the same relationship with Pep Guardiola as the other Bayern Munich players.

In the book, it is clear that whilst the likes of captain Philip Lahm bought into the Spanish managers philosophy in the way Xavi and Andres Iniesta did at Barcelona, Guardiola found Mandžukić a difficult character in much the same way as he found Zlatan Ibrahimovic a challenging prospect.

Now, Mandžukić has responded to Guardiola by labelling him "direspectful" and claiming he "deserved better."

In an interview with Sportske Novosti, the striker claimed "Guardiola disappointed me because he didn’t treat me with respect and it was twice as good when Jupp Heynckes (Bayern coach’s before Guardiola) until was there."