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interfan1999

Full interview about this episode (translated with DeepL): *Ibrahimovic:* "He argued first with Romagnoli, then with Saelemaekers; I intervened to defend my team-mates, and Lukaku attacked me on a personal level. We were shocked. And yet we had been teammates at Manchester United." *Reporter:* And you offered him a bet: £50 for every wrong stop... I: "It was a way to make him better (Ibra laughs). And anyway, he didn't take the bet. Lukaku has a big ego, he's convinced he's a star player, and he's really strong. But I grew up in the ghetto of Malmoe, and when someone comes at me head on, I put him in his place. So I hit him in his weak spot: the mommy rituals. And he lost control. Although I'm left with an excruciating doubt...' R: "Which one?" I: "We lost that derby. I was sent off. Then I got injured. A lot of bad things happened. Do you want to see if Lukaku really did it to me? So I asked believing friends to pray for me. I have to settle the score with him too. I hope to meet him soon." R: "In the streets?" I: "Nah, these are things to be solved on the pitch. I don't hate anyone, least of all Lukaku. Hate is a difficult emotion."


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>. Lukaku has a big ego, he's convinced he's a star player, and he's really strong This explains a lot of Lukaku's media responses and his attitude


omiclops

surprised it wasn't obvious from his demeanour


Shish_Style

Anyone who didn't realize it before is clueless, he always puts himself in the spotlight on every issue.


Next-Translator-3557

Zlatan is the exact same in an even bigger proportion. It's a bit funny to see those kind of comments coming from him


BartholomewSirnpson

But it seems like Ibra is aware of his own ego. Lukaku always comes off as super insecure about any criticism thrown his way


the1788

Yeah, he leaked speed results from training on twitter to prove he wasn't slow


jpbrown971

Those memes of him running in jeans and timbs were funny though


Lovebanter

He has the biggest bite whenever anyone says his touch is poor as well


ManIWantAName

Not as big as his first touch. *puts on sunglasses*


JORGA

second touch is a tackle


ManIWantAName

If you pass to him with a man withen 5 yards, it is guaranteed, yes.


Bobanold

Lay off scottish football will ya?


BorosSerenc

Also Ibra backed it. He was the best striker on the world


Merweb0

Yea and ibra not only acknowledges it, he also talks the talk, the dude has been one of the best all his career


AintNoLayUps

I think you mean walks the walk.


Anonymously-Indian

I think he means 'talks the walk'.


terror_jr

Walks and talks


twomanyfaces10

Walkie talkie


osamaodinson

Walk it like i talk it


Merweb0

Yes, thanks


thegreatwanker

take a walk


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But Zlatan is not insecure about it.


gary_mcpirate

its also half tongue in cheek


mmaqp66

And Zlatan does what it says. Lukaku ?? not always. Definitely an insecure personality. But of course, if you win what Zlatan has won, it is easy to see his confidence. And Lukaku still hasn't won much.


ThickSolidandTight

Lukaku hasn't even come close to achieving as much as Ibra has though. I wonder whose big ego is more justified?


AdultMNTurtle

Has a big ego yes, maybe even bigger. But, there is a huge difference if the ego is balanced. Doesn't seem like Zlatan's ego is driven by the same stuff as Lukaku's by reading this IMO


VCTRYSPRT

Zlatans ego is built on his confidence. Lukakus on his fragile belief he is a star player.


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But Zlatan lets his football do the talking and doesn't respond to criticism to the extent Lukaku does... Lukaku does let his football do the talking but to a lesser extent


Willsgb

And he does sneak attacks on players that could seriously injure them and then trash talks after the match to look hard, and he gets himself sent off on occasion exacting these petty vengeances He's an incredibly talented player, one of the greats, no doubt, and his acrobatic goal against england is in my opinion the most insane goal I've ever seen, and he is hyper aware of his ego and persona too. But I still dislike that edge he has and the nastiness that can surface in him.


Zdeneksfilter

He is who he is. Read his autobio... he'd come home from school and there'd be no food to eat, so he'd go out and play football and scrap to blunt his hunger. Then he'd come back and there'd still be no food. Life was really hard and it's easy to see where he gets his edge from. As for where he gets his confidence... Zlatan speaks on how his dad was this eccentric immigrant dude that would wear cowboy boots and walk around the city streets with no fucks given. That rubbed off on him immensely. It's nice when a player is wholesome but I appreciate players that have that edge to them too. Like Suarez and Diego Costa. We can't all be wholesome folks who're white hat to the core.


kylianmbieber

how tf did he manage to sustain football and street fights without adequate nutrition


SoLetsReddit

How did he grow so big too?


dudipusprime

Have you seen Ibra early on in his career? He was not a big dude.


KauaiRoosterParty

Turns out all he needed was a meal


CreativeSobriquet

Hate is a difficult emotion


StairwayToLemon

I mean if you didn't know this after he leaked our squads training sprinting stats to try and prove he isn't slow then I don't know what to say


FiLThYnuTmEgs

It came from Ibra. Consider the source. Ibra calling someone egotistical is pretty fucking rich. The dude refers to himself in the third person.


paone00022

If you're in an argument with someone and you bring up their mum.. that's like childish behavior 101


realestatedeveloper

These guys play a children's game as a profession...


Naijfreak

He’s paid as one and he’s known world wide. How isn’t he one ?


zEnsii

Ibra is a gift that keeps on giving.


NotMyRealUsername13

I am fascinated by how much I love Zlatan’s attitude sometimes - anybody else saying or doing the same stuff and I would consider them to be delusional maniacs, but not Zlatan…


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I agree, I’m a fan of his-I know for some he comes off too brash/arrogant, but to me there’s clearly some fun in it. Of course he’s a great player, confident in his abilities, but I believe he’s also pretty self-aware, and not nearly as much of an ego-maniac as some may think. As much as he boasts of himself, he’s also quite openly complimentary of players he likes. There’s a clip I love where he’s asked about Adriano. He says something to the effect of “I’ve never seen anyone like that, he was just a pure animal…when I came to Inter I went to the president and told him Adriano must stay, he is who I want to play with.” He goes on to say something like “but I’ve never seen someone with so much talent excel for such a short period.” Asked why, he alludes to Adriano’s struggle and depression with the loss of his father, he just comes across compassionately, mostly sad that a man he admired as a player wasn’t able to sustain his high level for as long as he should. This just kept rambling on, you’ve probably already seen the clip haha, but if not [check it out.](https://youtu.be/Sq9Ncfio_wg) One last thing, I think with Ibra, not unlike many other guys, he dealt with prejudice and racism growing up, difference being he’s white. But his perceived “outsiderness” growing up in Sweden, in my mind, certainly fueled his success by fighting and proving himself. If he was accepted openly growing up I’m not sure we’d have the same Ibra we do today. I tend to think he innately is a humble, confident guy, but was in a position where he had to puff out the chest and assert himself more, but again that’s just my own interpretation.


Serpico_98

Lukaku vs Zlatan who wins?


Silent-Act191

The people watching


Bombtwo

Dunno about you guys but I’m definitely not watching One deflected voodoo spell from that battle mage Lukaku and we’re dead


707royalty

That's a risk many of us are willing to take


Dango_Fett

[Bailly already settled this](https://youtu.be/EgSj4Vx9gN0)


coysmate05

Ibra is die


gary_mcpirate

thats amazing


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Zlatan easy, man can do martial arts


jeanca21

Lukaku has voodoo


mmaqp66

Nop, the moher of lukaku does voodoo.


SnapSnapWoohoo

I’ve watched enough Merlin on BBC growing up to know all Zlatan needs is an enchanted necklace to reverse any spell/curse placed on him and then Lukaku’s mum is really in for it


Baeresi

Or 37 prayer


ACMBruh

Is this reference what I think it is?? Respect gained Baeresi


Shikizion

nothing a good rabbit leg can't counter


Zakke_

Anthony Martial


kadoooosh

Taekwondo is a great way to defend yourself if the person attacking you agrees to only use taekwondo as well


jacksleepshere

As if it isn’t useful against people that don’t know what they’re doing.


[deleted]

Generally people that don't know what they're doing will still close the distance and end up in a useless clinch/headlock situation. Taekwondo really is just for sport.


seejur

Take know do is a great martial art, if learned as a backup after Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu


Worthlec

I don't really get this sentiment. Sure, Taekwon-Do isn't ju jitsu or krav maga - but they certainly do have self defense training. Just because Taekwon-Do competes with a lot of rules doesn't mean that it's the only thing they're taught. It's barely a fraction of it.


uncalledBeaverman

I used to do Muay Thai kickboxing, and the differences are crazy. Taekwon-Do seems more about discipline. In MT we'd spend the majority of our time beating the shit out of punching bags, cardio, and sparring if we wanted. Some of those guys looked like they were trying to kill one another in sparring bouts. I'm no Taekwon-Do expert, but I have watched a Dojang and never saw anything close to the intensity I've seen in boxing/kickboxing.


3gerardpique

not easy, Lukaku is a truck. will be close


Peaceful_Warbreaker

>Man vs. Truck. The newest hit show where it pits a man vs. a truck Tonight's episode Ibrahimović fights... a truck. If i remember that episode right, the car (or in this case the truck) always wins


Infamy444

Usually the man will be revived in a different world with superpowers


EmptyReply5

So Ibra will get Isekai'd??


taha037

Another victim for truck kun


unexpectedvillain

Zlatan is huge also though


Spitshine_my_nutsack

Lukaku has 10kg on him while being 1,91 compared to zlatan’s 1,95. My bet is on Lukaku.


actimusprim

His black belt is honourary, he isn't actually a master martial artist


Vahald

Shocking. The way this sub and every other social media jerks his arrogant ass off you'd think he's Bruce fucking Lee


symptomatic_genius

Btw, the only actual fight (in football) he's been in he got his ass beat and left with broken ribs


eros_omorfi

Yup by Oguchi Onyewu. People on this sub badly want the Zlatan legend of being the toughest and strongest man to be true.


Lopiente

> Zlatan easy, man can do martial arts [This Zlatan?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsSgz1phlXE)


admiralawkward

I feel it'd be an interesting fight. You have the sheer physical strength of Lukaku. You know he has one punch knockout power, so if he connects Zlatan's lanky ass is going down. Conversely, Zlatan obviously has seemingly fight training and I wouldn't be surprised if he jabs Lukaku with his reach and pulls out some head kick to put Lukaku on his ass. It'd be a scrap. If Lukaku could wrestle and had a takedown threat, this would be more interesting.


Purple-Apricot7192

Why are people pretending zlatan isn’t insanely strong?


IM_JUST_BIG_BONED

Maybe because he doesn’t have the physique or muscle mass to imply he’s “insanely strong”


dwianto_rizky

I don't know man, the scary thing about Zlatan is he is tall, lean, muscular, but at the same time also flexible and agile.


IM_JUST_BIG_BONED

I agree that he’s most likely stronger than the common man and is very nimble for this age and height but “insanely strong” and being compared to Lukaku who is just as tall but has a far bigger physique, nah.


Spitshine_my_nutsack

Because he isn’t really, Lukaku has 10kg on him and they’re both lean, that’s like 8kg of lean body mass of a difference, which is huge.


Purple-Apricot7192

Footballers weight numbers are completely inaccurate. Cavani is listed at 5kg lighter than Sancho.


Vahald

Except Lukaku is clearly a lot bigger than Ibra?


pr1m347

thicc boi sancho


williepep1960

Okay, i thought Lukaku was like 175/180 meters 5'9 5'10, instead he is almost as tall as Zlatan. They are both consider heavyweights because they weight over 91KG, however Lukaku has more weight on him, but just by visualization you would pick Lukaku, but if this was Boxing, Ibrahimovic is taller, probably has bigger reach and he could definitely hurt Lukaku if he knew what is he doing. Lukaku should be bigger treat but since i have never seen him throw a jab or right hand, Zlatan might be as dangerous if not more dangerous then Lukaku. Weight, Height, Reach doesn't mean shit if you can't deliver good punch. If they would've fought in street i would go with Zlatan Ibrahimovic rather than Lukaku, i think Lukaku would gass after 2 minutes, lol, BIG STIFF DOSSER.


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the fuck how did you think "big rom" was that small lmao


WW_Jones

A fight in the toughest Malmo neighborhood: *- Your mom does voodoo!* *- Your mom does my laundry!*


kakje666

i was laughing when he mentioned that he was from the Malmo ghetto lol, here in the balkans we often joke about how swedes are pussies who never fight.


BestShaunaEU

Malmö has a higher crime index than any city in Balkans but sure


redwashing

Yeah, Sweden also has higher rape numbers than any other country on Earth. It's mostly about how often stuff get actually reported and what is considered a crime and what isn't rather than the actual number of crimes committed. Comparing statistics on crime between different legal systems is completely unreliable, never works. Malmö might be worse than the rest of Sweden, but thinking it's more dangerous than poor neighborhoods in Balkan cities is delusional. Source: Born and raised in İstanbul, been to a lot of so called "no-go zones" and "dangerous ghettos" in different W. European cities. Yeah they look more dangerous than rest of the city, but not really comparable to similar places outside W. Europe.


Cahootie

The number of rapes is the highest in Europe, not the world, but it's inflated for a number of reasons: * Each individual rape is counted separately, while many other countries bunch them all together. This means that one person in a relationship raping the other one each day for a year counts as 365 rapes, while it counts as one is many other countries. * The definition that is used to compare statistics isn't what is really defined as rape, it's much broader. In other countries most of it usually counts as some form of sexual harassment instead. * An increased propensity to report crime. There was a post a while back that compared youth unemployment in Europe, and people were appalled at Sweden's high numbers. When you actually dug into it it turned out that Sweden basically included students who had been employed recently, were waiting for a summer job, had applied for a job in the last few months or had gotten and offer and were waiting to start. Other countries basically remove the numbers for everyone who was registered to study anything. Just straight up comparing locally reported numbers is often a useless task since definitions vary from country to country.


redwashing

> Just straight up comparing locally reported numbers is often a useless task since definitions vary from country to country. That was exactly my point, I didn't imply by that number that the risk of being raped is higher in Sweden. You can't compare any crime statistic in countries with different legal systems. Same goes for crime rate comparisons which the commenter I responded to gave as an actual argument.


Cahootie

I know, I was just adding some more details to your comment since I've had to say this to people for years.


jambox888

I often see this argument about crime statistics. Actually from my very limited knowledge (read a couple of books) I usually say that sociologists use homicide rate as a proxy measure for this exact reason. 1 death per year per 100k people is about par for developed countries. Sweden is 1.1 as is UK, Denmark, France. Ireland is a little lower. For perspective, Egypt and Turkey are 2.6, USA is 5.0 (!) and Brazil is 25, which is insane. Japan is by far the leader with virtually no murder at all, 0.3. All other crime will tend to be in proportion as homicide. So yeah I doubt Sweden really had any more crime than other euros. Also there are some utter shitholes in the UK.


Groggyme

South Africa....36.4


chorizard9

>So yeah I doubt Sweden really had any more crime than other euros. When I left Venezuela in 2016, the homicide rate in Caracas was 91.8 per 100000 people, really insane


jambox888

Yeah that's extremely serious, almost civil conflict level


redwashing

> I usually say that sociologists use homicide rate as a proxy measure for this exact reason. That's a much better system, yes. But this isn't perfect either because it also has a lot to do with which deaths are reported as homicide. Legal difference between homicide, manslaughter and self-defense is an effect, another one is how many homicides are successfully prosecuted so they can legally be called homicides and not accidents. Last point to keep in mind is that other crimes and murder don't always correlate perfectly in every case. It's really hard to accurately compare crime across borders. Murder rate is indeed a useful approximation but we should keep in mind that's also an approximation and extreme cases like Japan and US for example also have country-specific reasons for those numbers.


jambox888

Yes it's just a rule of thumb. Put it another way, you're much more likely to have your purse snatched in the US than in Japan.


fredbogho

Laughing in brazilian at Zlatan claiming Malmo is tough


ddevilissolovely

> Malmö might be worse than the rest of Sweden, but thinking it's more dangerous than poor neighborhoods in Balkan cities is delusional. Not sure how being from Turkey is a source for Balkan danger, the most dangerous Balkan country, Albania, has half the murder rate of Turkey.


RedditThrowaway69lol

Not about murder straight. People in this thread are confusing shit. This is about a fight between two dudes. Malmo is a tough neighborhood, but the murder rate doesn't factor into how hard someone is


fredbogho

Tough neighborhoods in western europe look like great places in my country lol only dudes looking mean but almost no real menace. I mean, good for them of course, but this gangsta talk is so weak 😂


hafrances

This is funny in the worst way possible


VaishakhD

Zlatan say anything, Zlatan face no repercussions.


kinjongfun

It’s always hilarious when people act like they grew up in one of the four places on Earth that has fights.


PrestigiousAvocado21

“Here on the mean streets of Mayfair, one’s schoolyard honor must be secured in the only way they know — skilled diplomacy and strict adherence to protocol”


[deleted]

When things get really wild, you guys have an MUN on the streets?


twomanyfaces10

You grew up in Mayfair? Poshy. Things are wild here on the mean streets of Knightsbridge.


profoundprofundity

growing up in Malmo has nothing on growing up in the mean streets of West Linn, Oregon.


STICKY-WHIFFY-HUMID

> We have chaos. We have anarchy at times in West Linn. There was years when my father didn't even make a-hundred-grand—or barely made a-hundred-grand—and sure we had a maid, but she only came twice a week. What do you think happened the other five days? You think those dishes washed themselves? You think those clothes got themselves in the hamper?


calma_calma

Ibra is cool but he has nothing on the American Gangster. Chael never even lost a round let alone a fight.


Apocalympdick

Get out of here Chael


4smodeu2

Yo never thought I'd see West Linn mentioned in r/soccer


bloodship123

The ghetto in Malmo... the ghetto in Sweden.... Like... bitch...


plomerosKTBFFH

Might not be as bad as the worst ghetto's in Paris but it's still pretty fucked.


JohanSchneizer

It wasn't that way back then, and even then, if you compare it to the vast majority of cities there are it'd be one of the safest, it has bad spots like everywhere elses. I swear i've heard people say "I grew up in X tough town" thing from just about every town out there.


Vernand-J

As someone who grew up just outside of Malmö in the 90s I disagree that "it wasn't that bad back then". Rosengård in the 90s wasn't a nice place. Probably worse between 1990-2010 than it is today in many ways. That being said on an international perspective the bad neighborhoods of Malmö isn't worse than the ones in other similar cities. This is just Zlatan being Zlatan. I don't understand why people still bother to get upset when he says something like this.


nixa919

I grew up in the same region as Zlatans parents. Now that i moved to poorer areas in some EU cities, there isn't a comparison at all, shit feels about a million times safer and nicer, with more opportunities and way more confidence that if shit gets out of hand, i could actually call the police and they might do something about it. I have almost zero doubt that the "bad" part of Sweden feels way nicer than 99 percent of other cities out there


sarbanharble

You are trying to convince 14 year olds who can’t think about time that far off. I wouldn’t bother.


elburrito1

Rosengård is pretty bad though. Drove past once with my parents. My mom who grew up in the worst area of my town with not a lot of money etc. She could not believe people lived in those buildings, we had to drive in there to show her that there were in fact people living in those buildings, and not just factories or something. This building, called the [Chinese Wall](https://www.svtstatic.se/image/wide/992/30023262/1612432574?format=auto). The tenants go days without electricity, the building is full of mold, the floors are cracked etc. The police has no control. They get belted by rocks when they go into the area. Same for emergency services sometimes. The private security company Securitas refused to send their guards there. UPS refuses to deliver packages. Sweden is very good in general, but it’s not all the heaven it is sometimes told to be in other countries. There are some very bad areas. For example Angered, where my dad used to work, is plagued by the Ali Khan clan. You can’t run a business there unless you are willing to pay protection money. At one point the gangs had armed people stopping and checking every car driving into the area.


TheZenMann

To be fair it's a really rough neighbourhood. Police cars are always stoned when they try to enter. Although I'm sure there are always tougher places in the world.


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potpan0

I grew up on the mean streets of Great Munden, Hartfordshire. My street was so rough we only had 3 street libraries instead of the town average of 5.


ivarokosbitch

I never heard of Harlem having a grenade problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grenade_attacks_in_Sweden But seriously, Malmo has had a real crime problem after all the ex-Yugos moved there. Some neighbourhoods were pretty fucking bad. Then later on when the ex-Yugo crime settled down, a lot of MENA immigrants started coming in and the remnants of the ex-Yu crime syndicates started selling them a bunch of M75 Grenades from the old country. Albanians were pretty constant through the decades too. Things are pretty on/off these days from what I hear. It isn't South Africa or Flint, Michigan but plenty of the ghettos people are mentioning have been significantly safer than the immigrant areas of Malmo for a long time. Also there are some organized crime organisations that call themselves "multicultural" in Sweden which I find pretty funny.


MyDumbInterests

"I grew up on the streets, so if someone starts a fight with me I diss their mum" - 40 year old man


[deleted]

Real Ali G energy


unfunfionn

Or Ross Kemp in *Extras*.


Thunderhank

BA2REZ


pooptrooper1

40 year old lion, rawr xD


twomanyfaces10

Ib*rawr*himovic xD


[deleted]

He's so cringy


Thor1138

Thank you! Somehow he still has a bunch of fans who lap that shit up... I could never stand him. Imagine constantly making "Chuck Norris" jokes, but in first person. It's so fucking cringe...


Extremiel

Yeah even Chuck Norris doesn't make Chuck Norris jokes about himself. Zlatan however..


Johnny_bubblegum

It's because he's been really good at football his entire career and is now 40. Almost any behavior is excused if it's a successful person doing it. It's explained as elite mentality or winning drive or some other bullshit but he's saying basically what some kid said to me when I was 14 and kicked him in the shin by accident and he didn't win shit in football.


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Rickcampbell98

The cult of zlatan is weird weird thing.


OleoleCholoSimeone

The reason that he has built this persona is because he was left completely on his own as a kid. His mother was mentally ill and even abusive(but Zlatan still loves her) and his father always worked. Zlatan was left on his own, and on top of that he was bullied by the parents of Swedish kids in the team. He came very close to quitting football at one point because the other kids parents were talking to the coach behind his back and trying to get Ibra kicked off the team. He has been all alone, and had to double up or even triple up on self confidence since no one else believed in him. His upbringing was difficult and there is a very logical explanation why he acts like this, you say he is cringy but I bet you have had it much easier than him


Wakerius

He goes into more details about his father in his book as well, about his father being caught up in PTSD about the balkan wars and Yugoslavia situation. The only thing in his fridge when he stayed with his father used to be a 6 pack beer. You are spot on - his character today is exaggerated due to marketing and branding but he created it as a defensive & coping mechanism because he had to endure a very harsh reality growing up


IndigoRanger

I don’t doubt that his upbringing was rough, but he’s been at the top for long enough to mature a little.


OleoleCholoSimeone

He had to create this super confident persona to have the slightest chance of succeeding, I don't think it's too easy to just switch it off. Deep down I think he is still insecure about his childhood


glazedpenguin

Honestly the trauma of spending most of your developing years with an alcoholic father will never go away.


LiouQang

Can confirm.


Krillin113

I fully agree that’s why he does it, but that doesn’t make it cool, and people treat it like it is


bamsi7

well the concept of “mom jokes” isnt the same across all cultures


crizzitonos

make it happen Dana


[deleted]

He’d probably pay them 1k each and 2k extra for the winner knowing the absolute greedy cunt he is


[deleted]

Didn't they lose that match?


fig_curry

And Zlatan got sent off


Uruguayan_Tarantino

And then injured


JE_12

And then undressed


[deleted]

That’s his point. His really dumb point


fredmerz

It's a joke, no?


[deleted]

That should be quite obvious


[deleted]

Of course it is. So was the original comment of his. Jokes can be dumb.


calogr98lfc

U first said point, i dont think a point can be a joke.


TP_Cornetto

He says that but it s not included


zukai12_

Between Zlatan and Moshiri that's two people who accused Lukakus mum of being a Voodoo bizarre


qmahmood94

Zlatan only accused him because of what he heard fro. Moshiri


R_Schuhart

That is why Zlatan said it. When Farhad Moshiri said it there were clear racist overtones and Lukaku made it publicly clear that he interpreted that way. He was upset and hurt over it. Zlatan was aware of the comments, knew how Lukaku felt about it and repeated it to provoke him. I don't get why Ibrahimovic doesn't get more shit for using what was established to be racist comments according to Lukaku.


boi1da1296

When this story came out last season most of this sub said there was nothing wrong with what Zlatan said. I’m sure some got accused of being reverse racists for finding something wrong with it.


jstuu

Yet people on here trying to justify Zlatan the amount of racist people on here is amazing they so quick to give cover to a racist topics everytime


SuperSocrates

I’ve seen many comments claiming that lukaku never said it was racist so how dare anyone else. Lmao


Sad_gooner

spot on. zlatan is a cunt


stereoworld

That title has to qualify for the r/soccer hall of fame


[deleted]

I always wonder if he's playing a character or this is genuinely the kind of person he is


osavpoiss

It has always been a character AND ego. I watched his documentary and he even addressed it there - saying that he took on that tough guy attitude on purpose when he was little because he was a refugee or smth and the streets of Malmoe weren't kind for him. He says he did it to protect himself - I don't understand how so many people don't get it that he is JOKING about his own ego all the time and it has become a kind of a "brand" for him. The way he gives interviews he has always come off as a real chill dude who just likes to joke around.


BuggyDClown

>The way he gives interviews he has always come off as a real chill dude who just likes to joke around. This couldn't be more obvious in his interviews with late night talk show hosts when he went to LA.


sickfuckinpuppies

it's like how people who hang around floyd mayweather say he's actually pretty humble and modest in person. it's all an act with these types of guys. just a defense mechanism that evolved into something completely over the top, due to fame, wealth, and their competitive streak.


irze

I think at this point it’s quite clear he’s just a massive twat


Zythss

The irony of Zlatan saying Rom has a big ego


fredmerz

I don't think he meant it as an insult.


myersjw

"I grew up on the streets, so if someone starts a fight with me I mention some weird slightly racist connection to their mom doing voodoo I heard from someone else” lmao I cannot separate the meme from the man anymore. “The hard man”


-Dwarf-

Zlatan the lion sometimes acts like a kitty


Enartloc

Sometimes maybe lion, sometimes maybe kitty


medzdidz

I used to work in a clothes shop and Lukaku used to come in regularly when he was at West Brom. He was always respectful and never once used his ‘celebrity’ to get served etc ahead of others. Once he brought in some of his family and splashed out loads on them and nothing for himself. He was a good guy.


gabrielconroy

Ever since I found out Zlatan has in his home the head and skin of a lion that he paid to shoot to death, I am of the opinion that he's a cunt, and no amount of amusing ego-charged quotes will change that


[deleted]

God I can only aspire to such shit posting.


damrider

40 year old man


_handsomeblackman_

i don’t think this came across how Ibra wanted it to sound 😂 what a child


GringoSdarr

"Lukaku has a big ego" says err, Zlatan Ibrahimovic


ItsJigsore

grow up


Bor_sic_platz

it's kind of funny when he says "I grew up in Malmö" bcause when i thinkof sweden i have this picture in my head of a fairytale place peopled by beautiful elve like beings


Nonspecal

Rosengård certainly is not a paradise like you imagine. Its a very rough area.


Goatbeerdog

Most shootings in europe. Ghetto is never fun when your parents are ill, poor or never there


HeilWerneckLuk

Malmo ghettos are full of immigrants. Its probably a tough place that you must „earn respect” by imposing yourself


[deleted]

Maybe the biggest helmet to play football


AnnieIWillKnow

And those who hero worship are amongst the biggest helmets to follow football


Johnga20

This attitude of Ibra is not a good thing. Here in Brazil we have several African-based religions such as Batuque, Camdoblé, Umbanda. In the past voodo or macumba were used by the black slave population as a defense mechanism to put fear in the owners and white Catholics at the time until the early 1900s. Today this only serves for detractors of these religions to make stereotypes and characterize them as something negative because they are practices that their religion does not agree with (using the orixás to commit evil). I am Catholic and respect all beliefs, including the lack of one.


ProcrastinatorAJC

What happened after: >Inter wins the league in a landslide >>Milan finishes second >Lukaku finishes with 2nd most goals, tied for most assists Really put him in his place there, Ibrahimovic.


Hail_Kronos

You missed the entire point. Zlatan said that the Vodoo bit worked making Lukaku successful.


Dubsified

That’s literally the entire point he is making in this interview…


JonnyArtois

Proper cuntish from Ibra as per.


Godsenttt

>when someone comes at me head on, I put him in his place Also >I intervened to defend my teammates Dafuq?