Despite putting Kylian Mbappé “on top” of the young players, Zlatan Ibrahimovic lamented in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the French striker from Paris Saint Germain it is “very much in the comfort zone”.
“I love Mbappé, but what he does is still not enough. He is very comfortable, in his zone, he has to take more chances. If he does that, it will be even better,” said the Swedish striker. Milan no program Telefoot, French television broadcaster TF1, about the 22-year-old world champion.
“You need to taste the blood. You have to be surrounded by people who push you and lift you up, you don’t need to be surrounded by those who tell you you’re the best. Surround yourself with those who tell you you’re not yet among the best, you have to become better and you will be better,” declared Ibrahimovic.
The striker said that “at the top of those I like among the youngsters are Mbappé, Haaland and … Ibrahimovic, nothing else is needed”.
True to his image as a provocateur, sometimes flirting with arrogance, Ibra, who “keeps (playing) to give everyone a gift”, also spoke about his time at PSG between 2012 and 2016. “I’m very proud, without me PSG it would not have become what it is today. I arrived and everything changed,” he said.
Despite the arrival of Messi and a cast full of stars like Neymar and Ángel Di María, Ibrahimovic believes that the current PSG is no better than the ones at the time. “We were a team, this is not a team. They are no better than us at that time,” he concluded.
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