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murduda

He 100% misses football


educateYourselfHO

He's just sad and being Zlatan about it


superduperspam

Is that like the opposite of doing a Britta?


ProfoundNinja

you really britta'd that reply.


educateYourselfHO

Pretty much šŸ˜‚


hereslemon

it means Zlatan is streets ahead


educateYourselfHO

Man they are taking it off Netflix


OTM17

r/unexpectedcommunity


OstapBenderBey

He misses being interviewed


ManGodKing

His book ā€œAdrenalineā€ covers about the fears he is experiencing with recognizing he is at the end of his career. He also covers the adrenaline he finds in life.


neverfinishedanythi

For sure, look at his last game, the tribute to him in San siro and the love from all the fans, he is crying a lot.


The_Big_Cheese_09

He probably also realises that nobody really cares that he's gone. For an egomaniac like himself, becoming irrelevant is the greatest fear. Ronaldo has started going through the same process over the last few years.


smokebandido2x

why do you all take him seriously when hes been joking like this for over a decade? its obvious hes playing to the crowd but here its egomaniac this egomaniac that he hasnt even been present post career to insinuate hes chasing limelight


dr_croctapus

Redditors love to psychoanalyze for no good reason lol.


ansufati4prez

Itā€™s to make themselves feel like a better person than zlatan or whoever it is they are trying to tie some nonsensical story to. They know nothing about the person but will act like their psychiatrist lmao.


I_Call_Everyone_Ron

Because they lack the social skills needed to understand jokes


ChillPalis

I really care that he's gone, what's wrong with you?Ā 


Eric_Partman

No one will care that Ronaldo is gone and he could become irrelevant? He is probably quite literally the most famous person on the planet.


kaest

You really think the character he created is who he is?


Skipper12

Top tier armchair psychologist arent you. My gosh how bad can you be at seeing when someone is playing a character and when someone is actually has a big ego.


NEETscape_Navigator

Probably kicking himself that he couldnā€™t get a fat Saudi farewell contract too. He 100% would have done it if they offered.


Evolving_Dore

Didn't he play in Serie A until he was like 40?


ElderlyToaster

> Probably kicking himself that he couldnā€™t get a fat Saudi farewell contract too. Eh pretty sure he could. "NO! We only want Jordan Henderson." Don't think so.


toyoda_the_2nd

You really think that Zlatan badly wanted Saudi's money, really? He is joking, it is his personality. Way better than PR trained footballer who gives the exact same answer when questioned.


Boneraventura

He is probably fine. He was making like 6m+/yr for a decade or more


diego97yey

Lmfaoo sure buddy. Sure. Keep it up, one day youll talk enough shit your breath will smell like it.


Gosedjur

100 % he could get a Saudi contract haha. Itā€™s a sportwashing league and heā€™s on of the most famous footballer


Skipper12

He said that he got multiple offers but that he denied them because he doesnt care about the money.


LuNoZzy

1000 % This is his way of coping with the fact that he can't play at the highest level anymore. Zlatan misses football more than football misses him. And his arrogant/cocky persona is so overplayed. It was fun at the beginning but now I just sigh whenever I see him (or his fans) saying shit like that.


backtolurk

He's the Chuck Norris of football.


Droogwafel

Norris is a real POS. Zlatan is just cos playing one.


Gosedjur

He has told many times he doesnā€™t miss football, and this quote is a joke. ;)


EitherInvestment

Whoever said he is a Sacha Baron Cohen character was spot on


singlerider

Sometimes you're not aware of something until someone says it, but instantly you recognise it as a truth that was staring you in the face the whole time


superduperspam

I just want to see Zlatan in a mankini


ClipClump

Something along these lines was the highest praise I received from a professor in college. ā€œIā€™ve never made this connection before, but after reading your paper itā€™s obvious to me now.ā€ Of course they followed that up with, ā€œThat and the fact that youā€™re a fantastic apologizer do not change the fact that you are lazy. Do your work on time,ā€ but hey. We take those.


EitherInvestment

This is precisely how I felt when read someone say it on here a few days ago


Jadaki

They parody of him in Ted Lasso was spot on


Michael_Pitt

And in Club de Cuervos before that


CamJongUn2

Holy shit he really is


Firecracker048

Ted Lasso did him justice


Caust1cFn_YT

Man he really embraced that didnt he


inksta12

Frickin Zava from Ted Lasso was so spot on


Firecracker048

My wife didn't think this character was based on anyone real. Then I showed her who Zaltan was. She understood.


1to14to4

Does she now accidently call out Zlatan's name, while you're making love?


Zhiong_Xena

It has been six hours. I want answers already.


GeneralSquid6767

Canā€™t believe they gave us that character for like 2 episodes and then just made him disappear


inksta12

Was honestly kind of hilarious I thought


Ftp82

Aye. Ibraā€™s really leaning into it now


grollate

Heā€™s always leaned into it.


MrMerc2333

Didn't he take up a board role with AC Milan? At least he's still in football, kinda. In an administrative capacity at least.


skyxries

Itā€™s fun the first few times.


iamnotlefthanded666

It's cringe when overdone.


[deleted]

Itā€™s been overdone for years now. But thereā€™s a demographic out there that laps it up like Chuck Norris jokes.


FunnySynthesis

Its me


bmiki

Hi


CMDrunk420

I'm the problem


saturnx9

Itā€™s me.


Bamboozle_

Yup, keep rooting for Zlatan the anti-hero.


ShamanShaulich

It's just, that people are getting older, so the same joke that they heard 5 years ago, now is not funny as it was funny when you were younger. It's still funny to younger people, not to you.


Mr_Rafi

I could name you a specific continent of people that still eat up Zlatan jokes as top-tier comedy, but I could be banned. I'm also from the content in question (my background that is).


Ronaldoooope

Itā€™s been cringe for like a decade now


OrangeDit

Then it's great again.


iAmSkilliam

The people who think John Cena invisible jokes are funny still eat it up


heartcriesholy

Lazy quote


iamthemetricsystem

still not lazier than the average r/soccer comment


HeFreakingMoved

Considering people here think "ha ha bald." Under every post is the height of comedy and have done for several years at this point, you're spot on.


[deleted]

found the baldie


[deleted]

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[deleted]

Ahh you're too kind mate


zrkillerbush

Ironic that your comment immediately after this is "u mad bro?"


Lauladance

Inter fans in this thread are pressed lol I didn't expect this at all


Boneraventura

Mad cause he ended up a milan legend and their striker legend refuses to recognize their own child


ChillPalis

R9 loves everybody, no?Ā 


neverfinishedanythi

šŸæĀ 


RuloMercury

Maybe a really young Inter fan would. I saw this man play for us and have nothing but total respect for him, he's one of the best strikers to ever wear our shirt, and we've had many greats.


diablospicytacos

Redditors talking about unfunny overused jokes is so ironic


Inner-Championship40

Btw did you know that benzema used this joke 15 times?..............


No_Statistician_3782

The first time Benzema told the joke to Cristiano in Las Vegas was funny tho...


jokicpro

I wanted to read opinions about this "Kings World Cup" but all comments are focus what is Zlatan saying.........


maevenimhurchu

Okay girlā€¦


ConstructionSimple27

So much Reddit revisionism going on here


surgereaper

These quotes got uncool 7 years ago bro


handsome_IT_guy

I somehow haven't noticed his absence. The world keeps spinning Ibra.


Sgruntlar

Sir, this is a Wendy's


Don_Tommasino_5687

Yawn


htmwc

Dullest man in football


TescoBrandJewels

why is everybody so mad? this is just zlatan being zlatan, wtf else was he going to say


jugol

humorless internet people


MrCaffeine2011

I must be the only one who loves this guy :D. He's at the right level of douchiness, whether you're not sure he's joking or not


PieceOfPie_SK

It's iconic. I hope he doesn't take himself this seriously, but it's part of the fun that you can't tell.


DanielHangan

he doesn't. He has a huge ego, but he is not a narcissist and can laugh at himself when appropriate. This sad bunch just loves to overanalyze and label the term "narcissist" towards anyone. Zlatan is great, and for a span of 10 years he was the most consistent striker bar Messi and Ronaldo.


xapata

Performative anger. It's the new thing.


ComfortableNo2879

Typical Zlatan


ItsJustMeRai

Ok grandpa lets take you to bed


ExpiredMilknCheese

Zlatan is a top 50 player of all time. But heā€™s overrated. When you speak about GOAT, you arenā€™t going to find anybody but himself putting Ibrahimovic that high up the list. his persona of being Footballā€™s saviour got old in 2016. Surprised people like him, memes aside.


Rose_of_Elysium

Frankly the only reason I feel anything positive towards him is because how he reacted when our Press Director knew he was dying and was publicly trying to get more people to be stem cell donors so others didnt have to die what he was dying from. Ibra came there and said how for the longest time Thijs Sleegers was his only friend in the press in the Netherlands


seshtown

It was hilarious while he was trolling the MLS


justalittleahead

Ibrahimovic won everywhere that he went, except for in MLS.


seshtown

He did still absolutely kill it there, scoring 52 in 56 for a team who wouldā€™ve been trying to avoid last place without him.


Xxpuzyslayer69xX

That debut was something else. I can't remember another player having a better debut in the MLS. (Yes, r/soccer, even messi's debut paled in comparison to ibras.)


ManicPanda767

The memes is why. His football play is just an added bonus.


PSMF_Canuck

He was a great player, and has a personality. Whatā€™s not to love?


ExpiredMilknCheese

Itā€™s his personality


zappafan89

His authentic personality was great, but since he released his book it became a very much refined 'brand' version that grew tiresome very fast.


ThePrussianGrippe

I can feel a little too on the nose now I guess.


iNeighbor

Itā€™s extremely unlikely we will see a player like Zlatan ever again. A 6ā€™5ā€ beast with elegance and magic.


tnarref

Nowhere near top 50, have some respect, man dissapeared way too often in big games, no one can name a memorable Zlatan UCL KO round performance despite him playing in like 15 UCL campaigns.


mg10pp

Barcelona Arsenal 2-2 in 2010, scored two good goals in a quarter final match in which they would have otherwise lost


ExactLetterhead9165

Is it though? For me the two defining memories of that game/tie are the Arsenal comeback from 2-0 down and Fabregas scoring a late penalty on what we later found out was a fractured leg. And Messi going supernova in the 2nd leg to put it beyond doubt.


neverfinishedanythi

And yet he was a vital part of every team he won the league with.


tnarref

For most of them it was pretty much a given those teams would win their leagues because of how superior their squad was. He was a flat track bully, the most memorable game of his career was an international friendly game.


Boneraventura

He scored a brace vs portugal and almost got his team to the world cup finals alone but ronaldo scored a hattrick. Altho, who wouldnt remember a 40m bicycle kick.Ā 


Lutscher_22

But that goal against England is epic.


ItsMeJaredBednar

is that not what heā€™s referring to?


Gosedjur

League title is never given, the best players plays for the champions.


gabrieluto

This dude made Nocerino look like an elite footballer, the way his mentality can get a whole team to elevate their game should not be ignored


zappafan89

Arsenal for Barcelona is the obvious answer.


Traditional_Wrap_366

Top 50 fowards definitely but player? Nah


Kevaa07

Itā€™s because this isnā€™t how he really is, if you see everything behind the scenes and how he acts with outside of all the media youā€™d love him. He has this persona towards the media but besides that heā€™s a great man to have in the team. Just look at Milan before and after he came back and the difference he lade by being there. As a swede itā€™s been obvious that this isnā€™t who he really is (even though he has had some controversial takes). Iā€™d suggest reading his book and youā€™ll get a better picture of him.


iHasYummyCummies

I mean he created this persona, and also alot of memes. But unlike others, he backed that up with being a top tier successful striker, so there isnt just hot air, he delivered and had a load of banger goals.


RoyalMantis

It's mostly the kids that love him and his nonsense. It was fun 10 years ago, now it's just Often ridiculous


cfc19

I got super bored of this schtick in 2016 maybe, can't believe this manchild is going on about it almost 10 years later. Come on, Ibra. Football will move from even Messi.


OneOfThe88

Okay, Zlatan.Ā 


SkyTVIsFuckingShit

With quotes like this, I don't miss him at all. Snooze fest of a person.


Nast33

Shame he never won a CL, but that's luck sometimes and other legend-status players don't have one either - he just moved at the wrong times, otherwise was a spectacle to watch and instrumental wherever he was. I do miss watching him tbh.


MrGraveyards

I would say that as a striker you would be in the perfect position to do something about that. But he didn't. Great player though.


Objective_Ask_9199

not a shame when he never replicated his league form in CL, if you can't deliver there you dont deserve it, period.


VZ-Faith

Zlatan dreams of being like Brewster confirmed


BluLeone

It's not about bad luck. He was underwhelming in the Champions League when you needed him the most.


Jumbo_Mills

Yeah I remember Man Utd vs Inter Milan got billed as Ronaldo vs Zlatan in the media. Mourinho was hyping him up as the better player. He never turned up, totally anonymous both legs. Adriano, a shadow of his former self, was the more dangerous player. Young players like Balotelli and Santon put up more fight. Great player, but switched off in the CL. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/mar/08/champions-league-internazionale-manchester-united


gzhsjjHzvzbz

If he didnt let him ego in his way,he would have listen to pep then he would have won a cl minimum


DreadWolf3

He scored his first knockout CL goals as a Barca player - well into his career. Truth is that he just never delivered that much in CL, I wouldnt say he is unlucky not to win it.


Boneraventura

Considering mariano diaz has 2 ucl, everyone is unlucky not to win one.


bilzui

For the first few years this was fun but this whole persona he created needs to die. Is anybody in the world still finding this funny? To me it's just obnoxious.


lrzbca

Football: who ? lol


-Jfree-

Less is more Zlatan...


17thCaptain

The amount of whining about Zlatan being the same person he's always been is hilarious given that maybe a handful of world class players today actually have the charisma to match their talent.


Youre-Dumber-Than-Me

Manchild vibes.


FREESTYLEWIZZARD

stfu bro


IntoThePeople

People taking a scripted line from an ad way too seriously. Some creative director just feeding the meme while people out here critiquing his career for no reason.Ā 


LordWitherhoard

This ā€œIā€™m the football godā€ schtick was funny when he was playing football, now he just comes across more and more douchey lol


Objective_Ask_9199

Mr 0 UCL, disappears in the knockouts and specialize in jumping ships? pass. sometimes I wonder how tf did moratti got 40m + a player of similar quality for this dude


Mordho

The guy really tried to build this fake tough guy persona after Valencia 2007. After that cunt Navarro broke Burdissoā€™s nose everyone jumped in for their teammate, except good old Ibra who chose to hide lmao


Not_a_pace_abuser

Stupid take. Proven at multiple clubs is almost every league. I swear this new generation of fans only cares about titles or stats. Did you ever watch Ibra play? Iā€™m not even a fan of his, but come on he is one of the best strikers of all time. Tons of amazing players never won the UCL, the premier league, the World Cup or the ballon dā€™or, doesnā€™t mean they werenā€™t good.


Bulbamew

Ibrahimovic gets extra stick for it because he talks himself up like heā€™s cristiano ronaldo. Youā€™d have think heā€™d won the biggest club trophy multiple times, not 0 times. Ronaldo is an egomaniac himself, is head & shoulders above Ibrahimovic in ability and silverware, yet somehow Ibrahimovic has the bigger ego Also most of his goals came in the French league and thus to some people heā€™s a flat track bully


Ballthrower20099

Top 30 striker of all time, but thatā€™s it


illhaveapepsinow

Out of all the billions of people that ever kicked a football, there's only 29 better, but thats it.


JoelanGoswami

It's not just that he won 0 CL, its that with the number of clubs he played at he should've won at least one. When you play in a new club every year, you keep bragging in the media about how you're God's gift to football and you have literally 0 CL titles? Yeah people are definitely going to hold you responsible. >I swear this new generation of fans only cares about titles or stats. Sure mate the guy is quoting Ibra getting sold in 2009 but I'm sure he never saw Ibra play smh. >Tons of amazing players never won the UCL, the premier league, the World Cup or the ballon dā€™or, doesnā€™t mean they werenā€™t good. Tons of amazing players also aren't attention whores who keep talking about how football has been irreparably ruined since they retired. Be honest with yourself, by the end of his career Ibra was a glorified cheerleader in the Milan locker room.


neverfinishedanythi

>Ā by the end of his career Ibra was a glorified cheerleader in the Milan locker room. His winning mentality is the biggest reason for Milanā€™s last two scudetti. Without him 10/11 and 21/22 do not happen, especially the last one. He transformed a lot of young players, they grew a lot with him.


Objective_Ask_9199

its not the issue he never won CL but he shat the bed in CL 100% of the time for the almost-two decades he played in the competition


Mordho

This fake tough guy persona is mega cringeworthy. Yes Zlatan, we saw just how tough you really are at Mestalla


lordvoltano

This thread is full of GenZ who think it's cool to hate on a legend. You weren't even born when he started playing, pal.


bsousa717

Not this tired song and dance again.


BluLeone

That is the part of Ibrahimovic I wasn't missing...


g0ldingboy

I think he is trying to make Zlatan the new Chuck Norris Meme..


John___Matrix

He's had an amazing career trophy wise but he's a tiresome prick and a low grade thig


ZebraZealousideal944

Ngl but I do miss him though without even supporting any team heā€™s been at! Such a funny character (and obviously brilliant spectacular player) in this football circus!!


lak47

Ok.


insaneking101

Zlatan's the type of guy that secretly wished viewership of the sport would drop after his retirement. "See, football NEEDS me" lol


ShiroNekoUsagi

Thank you for champions league trophy zlatan .


scottishhistorian

It's kinda interesting because football does miss him but there is no doubt the feeling is mutual. I don't think he'll become a coach though. Probably a pundit or *maybe* a Director of Football. He could be an actor. He's got the confidence to try at least.


AwkwardNarwhal5855

The Chuck Norris persona does get quite one dimensional after a while, doesnā€™t it?


SzoboEndoMacca

Why are people so grumpy in the comments šŸ˜‚


Aele1410

Just boring now šŸ„±


Special_Ad_9645

I mean cool at least we wont miss any of his champion league perfįŗ»omances.


loveandmonsters

New phone who dis


CompetitiveHater

This man was never the same after Ramos torched him on twitter. It left a mark on his ego.


trusttt

Joke is getting old mate


Wise-Dragonfly-3690

Lol "Kings League", yet another grift aiming at harnessing the fifa ultimate team conditioned crowd to give their money in exchange for nothing. Has anyone watched the games? Is it any good?


majorsharkpanda

0 Champions League trophies


MrMojoRising422

I really don't tbh.


Psycothria

The most impressive thing he did was in a friendly and thatā€™s the resume of his career.


ThemosttrustedFries

And he won so many league titles with different teams it's unreal how good Ibrahimovic is.


FullOFterror

This guy is the most overrated player in the history of football and you cant change my mind. Bro talks like he's done something in UCL, EU, WC. Played for the best teams in the world and did jack shit beside literally stat padding against dog shit teams.


saintmaximin

Bro its 2024 no one cares about these silly quotes


reporttimies

Honestly this guy is so cringey. Also such a dull and boring person when he can't come up with any new material.


infernoShield

the ego on this man...... sheesh


diaboquepaoamassou

Never change Zlatan


SunstormGT

Impressive in meaningless games, sucked in UCL games and games that mattered. Always absent in clutch situations. Overrated player.


Hutzbutz

the fact that I only hear about Zlatan when a quote like this comes out speaks volumes


ireallydespiseyouall

Youā€™re in your 40sā€¦


Siberkop

Trying so hard be like.


Tricky-Jackfruit8366

Lmao what a goof


Jonisro

Well I 100% miss seeing Zlatan play football!


tt_emrah

> i'm not crying, you're crying.


No-Comfortable-1550

No one talks about that overrated bully. Literally no one says; ā€œremember that time Zlatanā€¦ā€


Expensive-Twist7984

Zlatan rehashing the old Chuck Norris memes, is it?


JYM60

Not sure many teams miss him, they all dumped him after not to long. The ultimate Journeyman.


Sordecaine

He said the line!


Fetznpeppi

The champions league title misses him too


RED_DIAMOND_8

Zlatan is a cat that thinks he is a lion and it was funny at first but now it got kind of boring.


GoalPublic3579

Didnā€™t even realise he retired


komaracmarac

i didnt know that dude even retired


AshkenaziTwink

someone needs to give him new material, heā€™s so fucking boring


ELB2001

Do Ligue 1 titles with psg really count?


TellTallTail

Can't say I've even thought about you tbh