He will have paved the way for dozens of stars who have arrived at Paris Saint-Germain in recent years. When he arrived in the capital in 2012, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the first modern football icon to set foot in the French league in decades. Since then, Neymar, Messi or even Sergio Ramos have come to defend the Parisian colors, but the Swede keeps a special place in the history of the club. Known for his sharp verve and his high-flying punchlines, the 40-year-old footballer looked back on his four years in Paris in an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
He notably mentioned one of the highlights of his Parisian adventure which dates back to 2015. Quite annoyed after a match near Bordeaux, Zlatan Ibrahimovic lets go and swings a “shitty country!” speaking of France. A sequence captured by the cameras and which caused a lot of reaction. “At that time, Marine Le Pen asked for my expulsion”, he remembers today. Now AC Milan player in Italy, Helena Seger’s companion fears the fallout of this little phrase which has had a lot of echo. “The next day, I feared the reactions in the street. the French approached me to congratulate me: ‘Ibra, you’re right, it’s really a shitty country’ “, he continues.
He talks about the future of Kylian Mbappé
Visibly very fit, the father of Maximilian (born in 2006) and Vincent (born in 2008) also had a word on the phenomenon. Kylian Mbappé. While the future of Bondy’s kid is on everyone’s lips, Zlatan said he gave him advice for his future club. “I advised him to leave PSG. Mbappé needs a more structured environment, like that of Real Madrid “, he reveals, before concluding to confuse the issue: “But then I told the president of PSG not to sell him”.