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Montasura

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So a Swedish newspaper has published its top 150 Swedes with Bjorn Borg coming top and Zlatan second.

Seems he has taken the hump saying finishing second is like finishing last. When asked who would be his top Swedes he stated that he would have come first, second, third, fourth, and fifth.

Gotta love the guy.
 

Col_M

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Feb 28, 2012
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The papers love a pantomime villain and he plays it so well
 

Gb160

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So a Swedish newspaper has published its top 150 Swedes with Bjorn Borg coming top and Zlatan second.

Seems he has taken the hump saying finishing second is like finishing last. When asked who would be his top Swedes he stated that he would have come first, second, third, fourth, and fifth.

Gotta love the guy.
@Gb160 bloody loves it when he refers to himself in the third person....
 

tototoner

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Mar 21, 2004
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The boy lacks confidence

From the BBC website

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is upset at losing out to tennis ace Bjorn Borg as Sweden's top sports person of all time.

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter ranked the top 150 Swedes but placed Ibrahimovic behind the five-times Wimbledon winner.

Congratulated by the paper, the PSG striker responded: "Thank you, but to finish second is like finishing last."

Asked for his top Swedes, he replied: "I would have been No 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with due respect to the others."

However, Ibrahimovic admitted that Borg, who also won six French Open titles, was a "cool person" and "a living legend".

Borg dominated Wimbledon for five straight years between 1976 and 1980, before losing to John McEnroe in the 1981 final.
 

dagraham

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Sep 20, 2005
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Hopefully getting his book for Christmas.

You'll love it. One of the best sports autobiographies I've read.

He has an ego the size of a house and is firmly wedged up his own rectum, but you have to respect his honesty and after reading the book you get a real insight into why he is the way he is.

Unlike other autobiographies, he actually tells it like it is and doesn't care who he upsets. It is very funny as well and also quite revealing about the world of agents too.

The only black spot is he doesn't like VDV very much, but I'll forgive him that one.
 

E17yid

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You'll love it. One of the best sports autobiographies I've read.

He has an ego the size of a house and is firmly wedged up his own rectum, but you have to respect his honesty and after reading the book you get a real insight into why he is the way he is.

Unlike other autobiographies, he actually tells it like it is and doesn't care who he upsets. It is very funny as well and also quite revealing about the world of agents too.

The only black spot is he doesn't like VDV very much, but I'll forgive him that one.

I didn't know this. I won't let him off that, he's dead to me now
 

Kendall

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Feb 8, 2007
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The boy lacks confidence

From the BBC website

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is upset at losing out to tennis ace Bjorn Borg as Sweden's top sports person of all time.

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter ranked the top 150 Swedes but placed Ibrahimovic behind the five-times Wimbledon winner.

Congratulated by the paper, the PSG striker responded: "Thank you, but to finish second is like finishing last."

Asked for his top Swedes, he replied: "I would have been No 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with due respect to the others."

However, Ibrahimovic admitted that Borg, who also won six French Open titles, was a "cool person" and "a living legend".

Borg dominated Wimbledon for five straight years between 1976 and 1980, before losing to John McEnroe in the 1981 final.

I think the BBC are taking Zlatan waaaay too seriously here.
 

dagraham

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Sep 20, 2005
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I didn't know this. I won't let him off that, he's dead to me now

Yeah it pissed me off too when I was reading it. Seems like a clash of two egos, with Zlatan insinuating that VDV didn't like the fact he wasn't top dog anymore as he was the golden boy. Could be some truth in it, but I'm more inclined to believe that VDV just thought Zlatan was a prick.
 
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