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Hello and welcome to a very special programme about a very special man.

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He is a born winner, genuine legend and he is a very entertaining.

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No, Ben, you know who I'm talking about.

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OK, OK, so I am not a football legend but that does not

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There is no way Jose's men would have been so

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successful last season without him, and yes, that the

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But you just can't argue with his world-class impact on English

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Actually, shall we just have a goal first?

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Plenty more Zlatan goals coming up and much, much more.

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Ben and I are hanging out in Sweden to find out

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Zlatan's first coach tells us about how rare

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He had a rare mentality and also the character to go off and be

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Be in the Zlatan's biggest influences.

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We trace his incredible journey through the world stop clubs.

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And we marvel at Zlatan's amazing

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To know exactly how Zlatan got right to the very top of world

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football we need to start from the beginning.

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This is where it all started for Zlatan, it was here where he was

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But Zlatan wasn't your traditional Swedish kid with a perfect family.

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Right from the beginning Zlatan felt like an outsider.

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For a start, his parents were not Swedish.

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Immigrants like most people around here, and

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everything seemed to revolve around this council estate.

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For Zlatan this place was not home, it was his whole

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And this in sums it all up perfectly.

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Growing up in Roseguard was hard, there was not a lot

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of money to go around and Zlatan's parents

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had split up, meaning that

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family life could often get a bit tricky.

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Things were tough but Zlatan and his friends and he was very

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close to his sister, riding bikes made him happy,

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he likes martial arts and more importantly he loved

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It is amazing to think that this is where Zlatan

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Here is my heart, here is my history.

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Zlatan used to play here with his mates but he did not

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want to be a normal player, he wanted to stand out and be

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For him it was all about outrageous skills.

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Zlatan might have lived in Sweden but his soul was

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South American, he idolised the Brazilian Ronaldo and he tried to

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emulate the fancy footwork of the December boys.

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Surely when he went to sleep at night this is what he

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I lost a game, I was watching the Brazilians play

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football, the touch they had and the ball was magic.

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More from Ronaldo and here's Ronaldo!

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In Brazil, the pitted between the legs and was a nice

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Every trick you did, everyone was like, "Oh, yeah!"

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Zlatan was not only inspired by Brazilian football

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gods like Ronaldiniho you love other sports, too.

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When he was a kid he came here to take tae kwon do

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lessons, which is a martial art that focuses on kicking.

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You can see how this has helped Zlatan so much, dedication,

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determination, discipline, it is all here.

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I know, it is incredible and how many times have we seen Zlatan

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Scores on his home debut. Ibrahimovic, Manchester United going

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And a wonderful strike from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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When the Zlatan shoots, he means it.

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He was a bit of a rebel and he struggled at school.

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But his football talent shone through and he

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was snapped up by local professional club FF Malmo when he was 15.

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We went there to find out just he was

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I am here with Zlatan 's youth coach when he played here as a

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What were your initial impressions of him?

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A normal guy, small but fantastic technical

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He was training for one and half hours, Monday, Tuesday,

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Thursday, maybe, but after that he would go

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home and practice all his

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skills and everything so he had many hours of training at home.

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I am telling him talent can't take you

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all the way, you need to work hard and that is the key behind

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I think it is a problem today in Sweden and also all over

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the world, they go home and play outside and PlayStation, they did

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not go out to the pitch and play with your parents or your friends

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You are always doing these things, and do it better?

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In his first season he barely played and Malmo got

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relegated, second season in the second division in Sweden

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he played a lot and scored a lot of goals,

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I think everybody after he was 18 years old,

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we thought he would go to

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Maybe not that he would play at this level up to

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He had the men talent he the character to go on to be a

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The football talks for me because if I can then they

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What did him leaving the club mean to Malmo?

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We have today a stadium that rebuilding 2009.

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That is incredible, Zlatan never played here for Malmo

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I hope many more years of exciting football here too,

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I am here in the Malmo youth set-up, this is where Zlatan used to

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I am going to get in there and do a bit of freestyle.

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I love Zlatan because he is very big and here's

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this positive and he knows he is the best one.

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He's a very good striker and he scores very good goals.

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He is duly athletic, he can do everything.

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Years not so quick but he is my favourite player.

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Sometimes he makes some beautiful goals like when he

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does the bicycle kick against England.

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He does the unbelievable stuff and you don't expect it.

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I love Zlatan because he is the best Swedish player of all time.

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I am so impressed at the skills, they are top-notch. I can see where

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Zlatan get it from. I tell you what, what aid for Malmo because there is

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a budding team of skilled youngsters right here.

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Malmo is a small place and Zlatan had huge ambitions. He realised that

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if he wanted to make it as a superstar he had to leave these

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shores and moved to -- a move to Ajax beckoned and he will urge to

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seek fame and fortune. Come on, John! Before he moved to Ajax slat

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and turned down a trial with Arsenal, he told Arsene Wenger that

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the Zlatan does not do auditions. That confidence served him well in

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the Dutch capital, he was a big success at Ajax and moved to Italian

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giants Juventus. Zlatan's international career took off at

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this point, look at this incredible strike in the 2004 European

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Championships. It is Ibrahimovic is cause! Zlatan was mixing flour with

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goals every single week, the Italians love the way he moved to

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Inter Milan he won two league titles and was a top goal scorer in CD a.

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By 2009 he cemented his reputation as one of the best in Europe, there

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was a lot of transfer talk. Zlatan had always wanted to play in Spain.

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Finally he and his dream move. -- he earned his dream move. Yes, the one

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and only Barcelona had come calling. The iconic Spanish giants. More than

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just a football club. When he signed it was huge news and he really

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inspired the Barcelona fans. The already had Lionel Messi and when

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Zlatan arrived he was the most expensive signing ever. This is the

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Barcelona dressing room and check this out. This is where Zlatan used

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to gun week in week out and play amongst some of the greatest players

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ever. Think about is that they had in US that, Lionel Messi and Tierney

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on me. This is where they all came. It is incredible. The reason he came

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was nights like this, electric, incredible Champions League games.

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But the perfect football did not last long because Zlatan's

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relationship with the Barcelona manager was bad. They just did not

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get on. He grew very frustrated with the attention and the media got on

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his back. This is the pressure at Barcelona, it is where questions

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were asked about the Zlatan. Would he fit in and was he too much of a

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bad boy? Zlatan trained harder than ever before to try and fit in at

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Barcelona and even though they won the league and Zlatan scored goals

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he was very unhappy. Pet had not spoken to him for months and that

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meant he was transferred back to Italy to a C Milan. The dream had

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turned into a nightmare. While Zlatan's dream move to Barcelona may

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have turned into a nightmare he got his hands on his dream house. He

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used to run past it every day and dream of living in even when it was

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not for sale he put in a bit so high the owners could not refuse. Imagine

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the kickabout he has had in there with his boys. Can you believe they

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have Zlatan as the bad! As you know my big passion is freestyle and that

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is my favourite thing about Zlatan, he was the same. He would spend

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hours perfecting those stunning skills that made him stand out as a

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player and when he became a pro he developed into the full package so

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how can you improve your game and be more like Zlatan? Master the ball.

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Zlatan is totally possible with the ball. Whether it is coming high,

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long, short, he hasn't. You can practice this by kicking a ball high

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against the wall and controlling it. Use your superpower. Every player is

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different and that is the same for you. Take what you haven't turned it

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into a superpower. I think Zlatan's superpower is the flame backheel.

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That obviously comes from his tae kwon do days. The spontaneous.

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Football is all about creativity so get out and express yourself, you do

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not always have to plan your next shot so go on and have some fun and

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take your man on. Check this one out. Crossbar challenge. Things

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don't always go to plan on the football pitch. No one get

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everything right. I don't, you don't, Zlatan will have a misplaced

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pass or a sliced shot. Don't worry about it. Keep smiling and you will

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get there. Zlatan is huge. He is a six foot five man mountain and he

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uses it to good effect but the same goes for you smaller guys out there.

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If you are small than make the most of it. Zlatan has had a huge impact

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on Manchester United and that is because of his world-class

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leadership qualities, whether it is at training games, help out your

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team-mates and be kind to them and even if you're quiet you can always

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lead by example. Come on! Without self belief Zlatan would never have

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made it to the top. There will always be ups and downs so if you

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miss an open goal don't worry about it. If you get a hat-trick then

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don't get carried away. Stay focused and happy and believe in yourself.

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Come on, boys! Zlatan excise Zlatan! Valencia, art goes Ibrahimovic. He

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is Zlatan. What is the best thing about Ibrahimovic? Scoring goals. If

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you could use one or two words to sum him up what would they be? Good.

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East. Epic. I think that says it all. Off the post! Ibrahimovic!

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Manchester United. Now they have recaptured the

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League Cup and a huge cheer as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, scorer of two

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goals here, raises the cup high. He is a football scorer, he is arrogant

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but in a good way. To you think he ranks among some of the best players

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Manchester United have ever had? The Mac I think he would be in the top

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ten something. If you get some Zlatan in one word what would be?

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Years the best. And that is the words but I will let you have it.

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The final whistle goes on Manchester United have won the Europa League.

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They will be in the Champions League next season. There you have it. What

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a story and what true -- what a true footballing legend Zlatan is. He is

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still keeping is getting even in recovery mode! Next week he might

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even be pulling on a Manchester United shirt once again. He has

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inspired me to with his gym and text so he and I am, this one is for you,

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Zlatan. One! I would like to see you do better, far-off! 39, 40... Hello.

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I have loved learning all about Zlatan. That guy is a total legend.

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Remember it is all about persistence, hard work, and never

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giving up. 41, 42,... One and a half! CU!

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