Rift: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is at the heart of trouble in the Swedish camp

The pair have not got along for some time but it is understood their personal differences have now infiltrated the whole Swedish set-up during the most important week of the squad’s year.

Ibrahimovic has already rebuked the Sweden team for waving at their wives and girlfriends when they should have been warming down after Monday’s loss and was also involved that night in an argument with assistant manager Marcus Allback, a friend and former Aston Villa team-mate of Mellberg.

The squad are also well aware of the hard task facing them. West Brom defender Jonas
Olsson, who is expected to be recalled to the team, said: ‘It will be tough against England, no doubt about it. But they are a much weaker team without Rooney - a completely different team.

‘It is an advantage for us that they don’t have him, for sure.’

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