AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has named his dream XI of all time.
Missing in his team is his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who both are considered among the greatest of all time. The Swede admits he’s chosen his team based on emotion.
“I choose eleven for their strength or for affection. Those who gave me something,” he told Sportkeek.
“[Gianluigi] Buffon is the goalkeeper, I played with him at Juventus. That was a special team. I have great memories. I was young and everyone treated me like I am treating young players at Milan now. They had so much to teach me.
“Maxwell is the left-back, he is a friend of mine. Then [Alessandro] Nesta and [Fabio] Cannavaro in central defence. Fabio was crazy, he used to take me around Naples with his scooter. I was young, I didn’t have experience. Him and [Lilian] Thuram had too much. I’d like to play with them now.
“Maicon is the right-back, when he arrived at Inter he wasn’t consider as strong as he proved to be.
“Then [Pavel] Nedved, the number one. He is the one who improved me more than enyone else. When I saw him I understood that what I was doing was not enough. He was always training, he was a machine.
“I pick up [Patrick] Vieri and Xavi in the middle of the park. Two champions.”
Ibra played with Vieira at Juventus and with the Spaniard at Barcelona.
“That Barcelona side was such a strong team. The first six months were amazing, but then I didn’t feel well because of the coach,” Ibra said.
“Attack is easy: [Zinedine] Zidane attacking midfielder, Ronaldo the phenomenon and Diego Maradona up front. He is the greatest of all time, better than me. I could be the coach of this team, who knows, maybe I can really become a coach one day.”
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