people are on a hate campaign because of his Comments on Messi
Several times he has mentioned Messi as best in the world , but many dislike Zlatan For his statments against Messi in his Autobiography
I've Zlatan's autobiography next to me and couldn't find a single bad word he said about Messi...
He was world class but too much of a flop in the CL to ever be regarded as one of the best.
He's usually poor in
knockout phase, to put it mildly.
I don't really think a team will win the CL with Zlatan on their side.
You could say the same about Fenomeno for example.
To begin with, Zlatan played 14 CL-seasons as a unquestionable starter to beguin with. Ronaldo only played 6 CL-season, but only made 6 apperences in his last two seasons (3 as a sub) and was left out from the squad many times due to several reasons.
Not a fair comparsion.
He hasn't been great in the UCL, but he's been a stronger international player than either Messi or Ronaldo. If 10+ domestic titles to go with his record and stature with Sweden doesn't make him a legend, than the title is reserved for a very small list of players.
I don't know if you're aware of it, but Zlatan was most of the time (rightfully) very criticized here in Sweden for his performances in the national team until Erik Hamrén was our NT coach and manage to bring him back. So please, don't say he's better international player than Messi.
And statistically speaking, he's doing very good in the recent years but that's only because our NT never had a tactic so focused on getting one player in scoring positions at the cost of our collective.
The 10+ domestic titles might be impressive, but it's a performance by the team.
And a lot of these titles, were due to lack of competition..
