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Ibra Burns the Bridge Back to San Siro | 
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the latest Barcelona star to egotistically pronounce the treble winning club’s’s dominance over their global rivals. Following Sweden’s bitter loss to Denmark this weekend, where the spotlight was stolen away from him thanks to Nicklas Bendtner’s scintillating performance for the Danes, Ibrahimovic has taken his frustrations out on former club Inter Milan.
Initially, it seemed that everyone involved was content with the way his transfer to Barcelona went through. The Catalan giants got their man while Internazionale got around €40 million, as well as Barca’s clinical striker Samuel Eto’o, in return. Both players involved also got their wishes, and furthermore, went on to make great starts for their respective clubs. It was even a pleasure to see the teams compete in great spirits in their entertaining goalless draw in the Champions League a few weeks ago.
However, Zlatan has finally broken his silence, and it seems his decision to do so will come back to haunt him. Earlier this season, Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor took away from the stunning start to his City career by launching an unnecessary attack at his former club Arsenal. In the process, he achieved nothing but lifelong alienation from the Gunners faithful.
While Ibra has been much more mild in his approach by merely criticizing Inter for a lack of depth compared to his new club, it is important to note that his legacy at Inter was far greater than what Adebayor had left at Arsenal. When I spoke to several Inter fans upon the team’s tour to Boston this summer, they couldn’t stop talking about their love and respect for the powerful striker. Sadly, that all might have become history as of this morning.
It is simply inexplicable why a player has to publicly send negative vibes about the time he spent at a former club. Sure, if one has positive things to say about a past experience, that is all the more welcome. But to see such negativity from guys like Adebayor and Ibrahimovic, who were ‘put on the map’ by their former clubs, is quite a shame. Not only does a player burn all the bridges back to his former club in this manner, but also surely acquires an unpleasant reputation for no concrete reason whatsoever.
Has Ibra overstepped the boundary on this one or is he right? Have your say below!
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no he’s right inter have a poor squad and now he is at Barca he in probably the greatest squad of footballers ever assembled. simples.
Is this not called “Premiership talk”?
I am a long time die hard Barca fan, and we love Ibra! And I don’t believe half of what the press say about our club and players! The press make headlines to sell, seldom are they true!