hey look im zlatan
im 196cm... im going to attempt to dribble 165cm players instead of just physically beat em
"You don't drive a Ferarri like it's a Fiat"
If followed his own advice it would have served him well.
He's brought a lot of the pressure he's faced
as a superstar on himself. Pep asks the squad not to come to training with their fancy cars he basically tells Pep to fuck off and defies him. If he can boast about these acts of defiance there's no telling what other difficulties the coach would have had with him. Basically before Zlatan, they win the league and the CL. With Zlatan they win the league. Without Zlatan they win a historic six title.....there's no disputing that the team performed better with a team player.
David Villa was no shabby player. Some even consider him world class. But a LOT of his own personal fame/glory and statistics get lost playing as a supporting winger to a guy who is not even a natural CF.
David Villa "got driven like a Fiat" as it were....I can't imagine a guy who would have been challenging for the top scorer in Spain would have easily sacrificed this status to waste a lot of his talents out wide.....but the sacrifice has paid off in term of team success.
One of the best CF's of our generation....Eto'o got played out wide....even having to do a shit load of defensive work at Inter...Eto'o's goal tally that year wasn't congruent with what is expected from a player of his abilities....but that sacrifice was isntrumental in giving fucking nobody Printer a treble
The Drogba that played vs Bartha and Bayern wasn't the Drogba that rapes the premiership. Waaay more defensive and waaaaay more withdrawn.
If Drogba, Eto'o and Villa could have done it then Ibra could do it too. Heck $heva relished in changing roles to support Crespo, Pippo, Kaka even fucking Gilardino. And Sheva's not even a Ferarri....he's a McLaren or a Veyron Ibra can't even step into Sheva's shadow
Also I think the whole "Zlatan can't play physical because the refs victimize him" is fucking laughable
Zlatan gave his own self the "bad boy" reputation with being a violent fuck in almost every club he's been at. He and Rooney are probably the most red-carded strikers in the game today....so if he's called or watched by the refs a bit more than usual that's his own doing.