Zlatan Ibrahimovic was very successful with his biography ‘Ik, Zlatan’, the 2011 book about the life of the AC Milan striker. Writer and author Michel van Egmond met the Swedish striker a short time later in Paris, when Ibrahimovic was under contract with Paris Saint-Germain. He picks up in the podcast of Football International a hilarious anecdote about the eccentric player emerged.

According to Van Egmond, Ibrahimovic was very happy with the sale of the book at the time. “We talked about books and of course also about his book. I also asked about his book.” That is going very well. I made sure that the book is in every gas station in Sweden. From the very tip of Sweden as far as Malmö. And I will also make sure that it is compulsory read at school and blah blah blah. At one point Thijs (Slegers, former reporter of Voetbal International, ed.) Or I said to him: ‘Well, if you make part two and you really want to have a bit of success with it, then we can also publish it. at Voetbal International. As a joke. “

A typical Ibrahimovic reaction soon followed: ‘F * ck you and your f * cking magazine. If I want I will buy your f * cking magazine and then the mustache (Johan Derksen, ed.) Can work for me. ‘ Van Egmond is only full of praise for the top scorer of AC Milan: “Top man, that Zlatan. That is really a personalityVan Egmond will never forget the visit to Paris: “He was a great guy, that Zlatan. Rarely have I seen a superstar like him. He was so incredibly nice to everyone. Maybe I met him one day, because I can also imagine him smacking you in the mouth while laughing. “