Monza chief Adriano Galliani admits he fell out with Zlatan Ibrahimovic when selling him to PSG as AC Milan vice-president.
Galliani spent 31 years managing Milan with Silvio Berlusconi, building five European Cup-winning teams between 1986 and 2017.
He recalled, “We already looked at him when he was still at Ajax, but back then he didn't score many goals.
“He improved a lot under Capello and [assistant Italo] Galbiati, and in 2006 we found an agreement with him.
“However, we found ourselves dealing with Calciopoli and therefore everything fell through.
“I sold him in 2012 and he didn't talk to me for some time, in part because I promised I'd never sell him.
“It was all due to budgetary reasons, the same reasons we also had to sell Thiago Silva."