Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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Every year we have this discussion nowadays it seems. I would think his football speaks for itself...a mate who's a milan fan says he's never seen him better than this past season (and being swedes we've all watched ibrahimovic a lot in the past, sort of haven't been able to avoid it). Plus he's won two league titles with Mancini. Honestly he's the sort of player you love to have on your team...and not really crazy at all these days, house-broken one might say.<br /><br />-- Tue May 15, 2012 2:20 am --<br /><br />Oh, and never listen to the f-ing agent, his only interest is negotiating as much money as possible really...
 
sincity said:
EDisIN said:
sincity said:
Not interested..
Balotelli>Ibrahimovic
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This is epic fokin post!!!

BTW I think that there will be some swap player dealing between milan and us...

dzeko and/or tevez, will probably leave and direction could easily be milano
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Thank you for the insight, though I'm puzzled as to whether you're agreeing with me or criticizing it..
I suspect its the latter, so if you read the rest of the thread, you will see the reasons why I said that..I compared Balotelli of today and Ibrahmovic of 10 years ago, without considering the difference in quality of the leagues. And I believe Balo has the potential to better than Ibra if he gets his head screwed on right. And I think Mancini had the same idea when he paid 23mil for a fooking 20year old..
I've also given various other reasons why I don't prefer Ibra to City, despite his obvious qualities, and also accepted that Mancini likes him, so it won't be much of a surprise if he does come to City..
PS: Also ask yourself why would Milan be ready to sell Ibra, their hero for the last two seasons, and see if that reason can potentially affect City in any way
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They dont want to sell ibra. they do everything to keep him, it was Ibra who started to question Milan for the lack of information about their projekt and how to continue.
 
Of course he knows Mancini's style, and much of his staff already. And our Football Development Executive.

<a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/sT_lMo8-_N0?t=3m21s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/sT_lMo8-_N0?t=3m21s</a> (can't get the embedding to work)

(After they've driven by the interviewer asks "There's a lot of banter here?" and he replies "Naah, they're a bit gutted, jealous".)

One thing you have to understand about him, he's certainly at least in the past been a bit of a quote machine with a lot of material for the print media, but it's almost always tongue in cheek like in this case. I mean we all know the media misrepresents our players and what they've said all the time. It's certainly done a lot for this perception of Ibrahimovic and his personality.
 
Balo would surely be going the other way.

There is no doubt over his CV, it looks good. I have my doubts on how he would perform in England, I hope I'm proven wrong if he joins.
 
Andouble said:
However, Raiola is adamant that the Sweden striker will also be staying put this summer.

"I met [Milan CEO Adriano] Galliani to talk about other things, not Ibrahimovic," he stated. "He [Ibra] has already spoken with Milan and they are both pleased with one another.

"Ibra will still be at Milan on August 30 - I can assure you of that."
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Goal.com got things wrong as they usually do.

Raiola loves to play with words. He said "Ibra stays in Milan to win, at least until August 30".

It all comes down to if Milan buy a couple of world class players and improves their shitty midfield or not. They have promised him this, but I have my doubts.

There is also an interview with Mancini in today's edition of Gazzetta dello Sport (paper edition).

- What about new players; the dream of Ibrahimovic?
- Ibra is a champion, but I don't think Milan want to sell him.
 
he's lost his record now, and we've won our first title, i am simply no longer interested
 
southern muppet said:
adammck said:
Balo would surely be going the other way.

There is no doubt over his CV, it looks good. I have my doubts on how he would perform in England, I hope I'm proven wrong if he joins.
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Tevez. Balo just isn't ready to leave yet, I don't think he's interested in going back to Italy this summer.
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I agree Tevez is the one most likely to leave, considering the past.
I wouldn't mind seeing Balo go to be honest, but I think Mancini will continue to believe in him and will do as much as possible to get the best out of Mario. Bringing in Ibra would be a step ion that direction as Mario really looks up to Zlatan and the Swede would be a very good mentor for Mario, exactly what he needs.

But I think the story is a non-story, and that Ibra will stay in Milano.

Hopefully then Tevez is the only striker who leaves as I really want to see Dzeko given another year.
 
I seriously don't understand how anyone would even doubt this guy's talent. He is absolute world class player and there is no other team that is more suitable than ours.

Balotelli and Ibra are considered one of the toughest pair strikers in Seria A during back time when they won 3 Seria A titles in a row... When those two "brothers" were on the pitch they literally understand each other what their next action is without even planning beforehand... the only way for any to defend against those two is to get 2 players on each of them and foul them.

And if we want to Balo to mature, that's another reason why Ibra should join...
 
"The jury's out here" , I've heard so much about this fella, more negative than positive, my gut feeling is NO I would'nt want to see Ibrahimovic in a City shirt.....................
 
WyongBlue said:
"The jury's out here" , I've heard so much about this fella, more negative than positive, my gut feeling is NO I would'nt want to see Ibrahimovic in a City shirt.....................
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Those negatives you heard of are all in the past, I've been watching Ibra play for a long time and the last 2 years he hasn't done anything stupid aside from a nonsense dispute with Pep during 2010.

On pitch he brings out more positive then negative. With Balotelli as his partner striker they can score each game 2-3 goals with ease; they have the ability to create space in the middle making it so difficult for the defenders to know which way those two are going, especially Ibra.
 
Crescent said:
WyongBlue said:
"The jury's out here" , I've heard so much about this fella, more negative than positive, my gut feeling is NO I would'nt want to see Ibrahimovic in a City shirt.....................
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Those negatives you heard of are all in the past, I've been watching Ibra play for a long time and the last 2 years he hasn't done anything stupid aside from a nonsense dispute with Pep during 2010.

On pitch he brings out more positive then negative. With Balotelli as his partner striker they can score each game 2-3 goals with ease; they have the ability to create space in the middle making it so difficult for the defenders to know which way those two are going, especially Ibra.
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Is this the same Zlatan that was recently banned for belting someone in the face?
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
Crescent said:
WyongBlue said:
"The jury's out here" , I've heard so much about this fella, more negative than positive, my gut feeling is NO I would'nt want to see Ibrahimovic in a City shirt.....................
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Those negatives you heard of are all in the past, I've been watching Ibra play for a long time and the last 2 years he hasn't done anything stupid aside from a nonsense dispute with Pep during 2010.

On pitch he brings out more positive then negative. With Balotelli as his partner striker they can score each game 2-3 goals with ease; they have the ability to create space in the middle making it so difficult for the defenders to know which way those two are going, especially Ibra.
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Is this the same Zlatan that was recently banned for belting someone in the face?
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Like I mentioned earlier, 3 red card and 2 yellow card suspensions in the 2 years at Milan, and yet people say he's turned a new leaf..how exactly? However, even that is a testament of his quality, that he still managed to score 35 goals..

Even if I take Ibra out of the equation, this is the Milan who fucked us about with Kaka, then fucked us about with Tevez, and I'm pretty sure they fucked us about with Robinho..
So, now that they have a shitty midfield, and a number of their best players have left, City should take advantage of this and get a premium for the Tevez they want so badly..put a tag of 35mil only for Milan, and then sell him to Inter for way less if they come calling..
 
Ibrahimovic reminds me of Berbatov with his laconic playing style. There is no doubting the talent but he can be moody, frustrating and unpredictable.
He has talked of retirement would his heart be in it? Whatever happens we are likely to have 4 quality strikers so the attitude of each must be right .
 
If we sign Ibrahimovic, Cheshire cats will have to start saying they grin like Number10.
 
He's looking for one last huge pay day from us and the agent is looking to line his pockets out of him before his client retires. I'm not surprised really and if you put your allegiance aside then acting in your best interests rather than your clients is a growing temptation if you know that time isn't on your side with them. You have to make money while the opportunities continue to present themselves.

Ibrahimovich is a world class player. I have no doubt he'd score goals for us. The only qualms I would have in signing him is the contractual terms and the transfer fee if any money was to exchange hands. He is not the future but his experience could be key to younger players.

Didn't Ibrahimovich declare his ambition to play alongside Balotelli previously?
 
Balo has tried to mould himself in the Ibra style - he idolises him. There is similar respect from Ibra to Balo...

Great management by Bobby if we sign him - get an instant world class player who will score goals, and bring Balo on over the next couple of years with his idol....

Win-win situation?
 
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The club he leaves will win the Champions League, and the club he comes to guaranteed will not. It's the Zlatan rule! Old and tired is Zlatan.
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That means that when we sell him...... ;)
 
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