Zlatan Ibrahimovic calls Lionel Messi the ‘best player of all time’ and slams the Argentine team for ‘misconduct’ during World Cup celebrations

Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a big statement as usual, this time he slammed the Argentina side after their behavior in the World Cup win over France but praised Lionel Messi for his heroic actions.

Ibrahimovic played a brief part of his career with Argentine and Barcelona legend Lionel Messi during his Barcelona days and now admits the little wizard is the best in the world.

#Messi and @Ibra_official Hugging is our favorite picture of today, maybe ever. #Champions League #PSG #Barça pic.twitter.com/t451c7Kz42

— COPA90US (@Copa90US) December 10, 2014

Previously, however, the Sweden international refused to call Messi the GOAT. “Ronaldo is the phenomenon. I imitated him as a kid.” Ibrahimovic shared his thoughts on who is the greatest player of all time.

He also claimed that winning the 2021 Balon D’or is a fortune for Messi, adding: “Leo lives for football. but [Robert] Lewandowski deserved the Ballon d’Or this year.”

Has Robert Lewandowski been robbed of the Ballon d’Or? 🏆

Robert Lewandowski thinks so 💪 pic.twitter.com/ykUwWGWNeF

— GOAL (@goal) August 29, 2020

Lionel Messi was instrumental in Argentina’s success after leading them from the front after seven goals and naming them player of the tournament.

After watching the great magician perform, the lion may be struck by the way he never was and perhaps change his initial thoughts about the world champion, saying in a new interview with France Inter: “Messi is considered the best player of all time. I was sure he would win. I’m also convinced that Kylian Mbappe will win another World Cup.”

🎙️ Zlatan Ibrahimović: “I said ‘Argentina will win the World Cup for sure’ because Messi is considered the best in history. So if you want the World Cup in Qatar to be remembered for the rest of history, who needs to win? ?” 👀 pic.twitter.com/X1Q3TAGQIb

— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) January 25, 2023

However, the 41-year-old Milan striker is not satisfied with Messi’s Argentine team-mates as they pushed their limits at every available opportunity while the attitude they showed was particularly the reason for the dissatisfaction.

“I’m not worried about Messi; I’m worried about the others in Argentina because otherwise they won’t win anything. Messi won everything and he will be remembered, but we cannot respect the rest who behaved badly.” – added Zlatan.

🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimovic: “Leo Messi has won everything there is to win in football. He will be remembered forever.” pic.twitter.com/t3UUtkVe70

– Barca Worldwide (@BarcaWorldwide) January 25, 2023

Ibrahimovic is currently suffering from a meniscus injury that will force him until June, but recognized as a lion, the Swede will try to recover as strongly as he has so many times.