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Originally Posted by Tommysixfingers
Larsson's shoes aren't that easy to fill. He is a truly unique player in the football world today due to his work ethics and lack of prestige. I remember the fools (most of them Swedish) that said that he would be a nobody outside of Scotland, and look what happened 
Let's keep our fingers cross that Marcus Berg can continue his recent form and get sold to a big club in Europe. I read that Tottenham might be interested in signing him.
As for Ibrahimovic I think that he can be a truly spectacular player when everything goes his way. If he is backed up by quality players and everything is going his way I would say that he is one of the 5 best forwards in the game today. The question I have about him is wether his work ethics and temper will prevent him from going much further in the career. He also has a reputation of being hard to work with which might make clubs think twice before signing him (his asking price and salary being another thing).
My main concern with him is that I feel that he has a tendency to disappear from the game as soon as he hits a couple of obstacles.
Sweden is divided in more or less two camps when it comes to Ibra. those who think that he might one of the best players in the world and those who hate him. One of the things that prevent him from being a player of the people is most certain that he isn't named Johan Johansson and that he hasn't got blonde hair and sports a somewhat cocky, confident attitude. In Sweden you can't be confident, have a Bosnian name and grow up in the projects if you want to be recogniced by the people.
I think that one should keep in mind what he has accomplished with Juve and Inter in one of the best leagues in the world and judge him by that. |
It's one of the very few things that as angered me about football, the constant put down of Larsson just because he played for Celtic. I admit I'm a big Larsson and Celtic fan but he was constantly scoring and performing for Sweden and also for Celtic in Europe and he proved it at Barca and Man Utd he was and is one of the best there's been. Weren't for him Barca would never have won the Champions League final in 2005-06.