Zlatan knows what he was doing most likely playing psychological games with him to get under his skin, and it worked.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Rises a day early
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You're going to offer me a gift...?
I must admit I never really thought of saying ''your bedroom performance will be affected by this exchange of verbal insults'' when I was playing.
Zlatans managed to wind up a lot of people on here and he wasn’t even trying
Think your playing the wrong sport, better stick to bowling!
Shut up muppet
Exactly.
Banned for two matches for a grabbing keeper by the neck.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48319620
He was quite well behaved here in hindsight actually. Maybe he's frustrated with how things are going in the MLS.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48319620
He was quite well behaved here in hindsight actually. Maybe he's frustrated with how things are going in the MLS.
Actual video of the incident.
There's no way he's letting someone barge into him
There's no way he's letting someone barge into him
Genuine question; How many of the current Man Utd squad would be able to score in that manner?
Apparently he is 2nd best scorer this season in the League. 11 goals in 12 matches.
Apparently he is 2nd best scorer this season in the League. 11 goals in 12 matches.
Not many.
I know he could be wasteful at times when he was here but he was on course for 35 goals for us in his debut season before that injury and he just had that swagger that befits a United player. I wish we had more players like him.
Tbf not many strikers in the entire world would have the audacity to score that.
For such a big bloke he’s incredibly athletic.
I think Pogba attempted a few similar ones, but they weren't strong/accurate enough. Mata can do an overhead kick but he won't be able to do the hold up bit before the shot. That's about it.
True.
One of the few bright spots of the post Fergie era has been watching Zlatan play for us. Really wish he hadn't got that injury.
This. The only player we’ve bought since SAF that just screamed Manchester United. So much leadership, so much belief and an incredible winning mentality. Would’ve got 2 great years out of him if not for that injury.
Doing that at 37 is ridiculous what a player
what a playerHim getting injured, and then leaving wasnt good for Jose. Zlatan seemed like a good middle man between Jose and Pogba. And you could see the leadership qualities Zlatan brought (however wasteful he was but had a good link with Pogba).
Reckon if Zlatan doesnt get the injury, then we dont focus on getting Lukaku and end up looking at other positions to strengthen. Maybe.
Reckon if Zlatan doesnt get the injury, then we dont focus on getting Lukaku and end up looking at other positions to strengthen. Maybe.
That's a fairly run of the mill Zlatan goal, for me.
Miss him...
Bit of a strange comment. Just because there are some tall/big players like Peter crouch that look incredibly unathletic, doesn’t mean shorter/smaller players are generally more athletic. The nba probably has the best athletes in the world and all them fellas are pretty big. There are defensive lineman carrying 250+lbs in the nfl that are faster and more athletic than most of our squad.
That said, yes, Zlatan is very athletic.
37 years old but that Taekwondo black belt degree is still giving him extra edge on the pitch. 
I was going more with the fact that he's able to get his foot about 9 foot in the air on the back of his martial arts background.
He's 37 and he's scoring audacious bicycle kicks for fun. Most players over 30 would not have the balls to even attempt some of his shots for fear of kicking thin air.
I agree tall blokes can be athletic, i meant more along the lines if his nimble agility is surprising given his overall height and age.
37 years old but that Taekwondo black belt degree is still giving him extra edge on the pitch.
exactly!
So true, the club still about to find the role model and leader like him.
I think Zlatan could be a good coach. Whereas Roy Keane will just scare everybody, Zlatan knows when to put an arm around you and when to give you a kick up the arse. Not sure he'd be a good manager but as part of the staff he'd be great.
One of the fittest athletes in football who rarely got or gets injured and yet he had his worst injury with us. That's how unlucky we have been since Sir alex retired. He would have been lethal had he not got injured. Top professional
So there is this striker in the Netherlands at a really low amateur level, and he didn't score the entire season. Some mates pulled a joke on him and asked a pro to roast him. Pro was followed by other pros, so it became a meme. Zlatan was the latest to roast him.
Training sessions could be something different with his sense of humor, but I pity the fool in the dressing room who would try turn players against him.
He may be the joker but he looks twice as strong as let's say Gattuso, who's by the way another unique character.
Makes sense. I think agility is certainly correlated negatively to size on the whole (though overall athleticism isn’t), but he’s certainly very agile for his size, and age.
He’s a specimen, that’s for sure.
There have been better players but for me he is the greatest football entertainer of all time. You never know what will happen. So many amazing goals, so many good memories.
Such a character and always brings a bright spot to the day! Made my day watching that.
Imagine if he had arrived here at 27 instead...
Anyone thinks he could yet return to some european club or he'll likely hang up his boots in the USA ?
I hope he doesn't do something stupid like return to a big league. Playing in the PL as a striker at that age was already a marvel, despite becoming static. The US is the perfect league to shine for him now and then retire.
Just seen the incident from last month, wasn't as bad as I expected.
Great goal too.
Great goal too.
I think it’s more a case of just how cursed we appear to be nowadays. His career was considered pretty much over after his injury. I’m sure if he had stayed with us it would be.
In less cursed times, we could have got three seasons out of him even at that age. You could also argue that our dressing room went to shit after he left. One of the few characters we had in it. Some of our players clearly don’t have time for one another but every team mate loves Zlatan.
In less cursed times, we could have got three seasons out of him even at that age. You could also argue that our dressing room went to shit after he left. One of the few characters we had in it. Some of our players clearly don’t have time for one another but every team mate loves Zlatan.
cursed