This is a weird beef.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic says his idol is Muhammad Ali but is doubling down about LeBron speaking out on politics and the black community.
Furthermore, Zlatan isn’t from this country so why is he even talking about this.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has doubled down on his criticism of athletes who mix politics and sports.
The Milan striker was speaking on Tuesday at a press conference for the San Remo music festival, which he is co-hosting.
“Athletes unite the world, politics divide it,” he said. “Our role is to unite the world by doing what we do best. Athletes should be athletes and politicians should do politics.”
Last week Ibrahimovic singled out Los Angeles star LeBron James for bringing politics into the sporting arena.
“I like [James] a lot. He’s phenomenal, what he’s doing, but I don’t like when people with a status speak about politics. Do what you’re good at doing,” Ibrahimovic told Uefa and Discovery+ in Sweden.
LeBron addressed this and told Zlatan to mind his business basically.
Just a strange beef to have in 2021.
Flip the page for LeBron speaking about it and how he isn’t changing.