Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s pursuit of personal capital reaches new level | Jonathan Liew


The biggest compliment you can pay the veteran Milan striker is that sometimes he is almost as good as he says he is

Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes you should stick to what you’re good at, which is presumably why he’s been talking about himself again. The Milan striker is probably unique among elite modern footballers in that despite his considerable body of work on the pitch, the most memorable episodes of his career have emanated largely from his own mouth. Perhaps the warmest compliment you can pay Ibrahimovic as a footballer is that there are times when he is genuinely almost as good as he says he is.

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