Friday 26 August 2011

Oh what can it mean?

A daydream believer he is, our Zlatan. And a homecoming king.

A Swedish journalist just dubbed Zlatan "the boy who was condemned to walk his life in circles". An elegant way of putting it.  There is something very predestined about him.  Wherever he goes, he wins the national title.  Wherever he goes, he fails to win the Champions League.  And wherever he goes, he will always come back to where he just were.  Here's the story of Zlatan:

2001: leaves Malmö for Ajax, but claims that one day he will play for Inter.
2004: leaves Ajax for Juve
Autumn 2004: paired with Ajax in the Champions League group stage
2006: leaves Juve for Inter
Since Juve has been relegated, it takes a year before he gets a new re-union in "il derby d'Italia".
2009: leaves Inter for Barca with the motivation that he wants to win the Champions League
Autumn 2009: Paired with Inter in the Champions League group stage, and in the spring the two team face each other again in the seminfinal. Inter go on to win the whole tournament.
2010: leaves Barca for Milan
Back to the city where he became the most shining star in Serie A, but playing for the rival team. And oh, this is what happens four minutes into his first derby for Milan. Plus:
Autumn 2010: is paired with his old team Ajax and his old coach Mourinho in the Champions League group stage.
Autumn 2011: First, the biggest homecoming of them all.  Then: paired with Barcelona (now Champions again) in the Champions League group stage.  Camp Nou may not respond in the same way.

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