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Angry Swedish fans have decided to auction the severed nose of a statue of their national team striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, in protest at what they see as a betrayal by the AC Milan star, after he turned football into a “business”.
The value of the auction, launched by Malmo fans on the nose of Ibrahimovic’s statue on “Ebay”, on Tuesday, amounted to 610 dollars. , in 2019, which angered his fans.
The statue’s nose was cut off in December 2019, and after months its feet were cut off, which led to it falling on the fence. Malmö fans confirmed that they had put up 3 replicas of the statue’s nose, which is still missing, for auction “because choosing money over love can cost you dearly.”
“Football was originally a mass movement, but it has increasingly turned into a mass industry of a hyper-commercial nature, where fans are seen as consumers, while players and clubs are treated like the goods”.
They confirmed that they intend to use the auction profits in the fight against “modern and commercial football and the promotion of a sport in which the focus is on the love of clubs and the game.”
Ibrahimovic’s football career began with Malmo in 1999, before he began his travels abroad by joining Ajax Amsterdam, moving between major European clubs such as Italy’s Juventus, Spain’s Barcelona, France’s Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United. » English.