Gareth Bale will be under pressure at Real Madrid - Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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Gareth Bale may struggle to cope with the pressure resulting from his world-record transfer to Real Madrid, according to much-travelled Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Following his 100m euros (£85.3m) move from Spurs, Bale, 24, could make his Real debut at Villarreal on Saturday.
"No footballer is worth paying that amount of money for," said ex-Juventus and Barcelona striker Ibrahimovic, 31, who is currently at Paris St-Germain.
"There is a lot of pressure on him."
In a BBC Radio 5 live documentary that will be aired at 20:30 BST on Wednesday, Ibrahimovic added: "I know that when (France's three-time world footballer of the year) Zinedine Zidane played for Madrid, the fans were whistling against him.

Ibrahimovic's big moves

2001: Malmo to Ajax - £5m
2004: Ajax to Juventus - £12m
2006: Juventus to Inter Milan - £20m
2009: Inter Milan to Barcelona - £56.5m
2011: Barcelona to AC Milan - £24m (after joining on loan in 2010)
2012: AC Milan to PSG - £15.7m

"If they can whistle against Zidane, for me one of the best players in history, I hope Bale has a lot of patience."

Clubs have spent more than £130m in transfer fees for Ibrahimovic during his long career but his biggest move - from Inter Milan to Barcelona for £56m in 2009 - did not go well and he left the Nou Camp after only one season.
"I had a dream to come to Barcelona," Ibrahimovic, who has won 93 caps for Sweden, continued. "But afterwards I am thinking that maybe you should keep your dreams, instead of making it come true