Thiago Silva has recounted the story of Zlatan Ibrahimovic throwing then-teammate Gennaro Gattuso in a bin.

Silva, Ibrahimovic and Gattuso played together at AC Milan, helping the Italian club to the Serie A title in 2011.

Ibrahimovic and Silva both left the club the following year to join Paris Saint-Germain, but defender Silva told Sky Deutschland a rather amusing anecdote of their time together in Italy.

“The protagonist of this story is Zlatan Ibrahimovic,” Brazil international Silva said.

“One day, during a training session, Gattuso spent all morning teasing Zlatan. He was provoking him, and Zlatan took it without apparently saying anything. In fact his revenge would come soon after.

“Rino and Zlatan met again in the dressing room after training, and Ibra lifted the entire weight of his team-mate, flipped him over and threw him in the bin!

“It was crazy, we all started laughing thinking about Gattuso’s face. I swear, I couldn’t stop laughing for a week!”