Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced on Thursday his next destination, English giants Manchester United.
Ibra joins from French side Paris Saint-Germain, and would be reunited with his old Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho.
‘Ibracadabra’, as he’s popularly known for his magical football abilities, is an extremely hubristic personality whose self confidence rivals that of Muhammad Ali.
As is the case with such athletes, they provide massively quotable materials throughout their careers.
Check out the best quotes out of Ibracadabra below…
On whether his style of play was Swedish or Yugoslavian — “It’s Zlatan-style”
On whether he got his wife a present for her birthday – “What do you mean present? She already has Zlatan”
On being asked by a female reporter if he was gay – “Come to my house with your sister, baby; and I’ll show you who’s gay”
On his dribbling of Liverpool defender Stephane Henchoz – “First I went left; he did too. Then I went right and he did too. Then I went left again and he went to buy a hot dog.”
On Mario Balotelli nearly setting his house on fire with fireworks – “I like fireworks too, but I always set them off in gardens or kebab stands. I never set fire to my own house”
On his coach at Barcelona, Pep Guardiola – “Then he started his philosopher thing and I stopped listening, why would I? It was advanced bulls*t about blood and sweat and tears, that kind of stuff.”
On why they were scars on his face – “Well I don’t know, you’ll have to ask your wife about that!”
On rumours he had bought a Porsche – “Absolutely not. I have ordered a plane, it is much faster.”
On whether he had gotten an apartment in Paris after moving to PSG – “We’re looking for an apartment. If we don’t find anything, then I’ll probably just buy the hotel.”
On being asked to attend a trial with Arsenal at age 17 – “Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down; Zlatan doesn’t do auditions.
On Norwegian forward John Carew calling his tricks ‘pointless’ – “What Carew does with a football, I can do with an orange.”
After leading Sweden to beat Denmark to qualify for Euro 2012 – “There was the thought that this would send me into retirement. I sent their entire country into retirement.”
On whether he would watch the world cup after Sweden failed to qualify – “A World Cup without me is nothing to watch, so it is not worth waiting for the World Cup.”
Finally….on who would go through between Portugal and Sweden to the world cup.
Zlatan: “Only God knows who will go through.”
Reporter: “It’s hard to ask him.”
Zlatan: “You’re talking to him.”