And The Athletic also comes down hard with the Swede commenting on the World Cup for Fox: “Without him the program would be better”
If Zlatan Ibrahimovic for his future he sees himself as a television commentator the beginning is not the best. The current Swede Red Bird consultantis in the United States to commentate on the World Cup football championships for the Fox television station. The fact that he is also the right-hand man of Gerry Cardinale, owner of Milan, and that the Rossoneri club has been without management for next season for almost a month, evidently does not disturb him one bit. Ibrahimovic never gave weight to criticism when he was a footballer, he always and only thought about enhancing his ego, but while as a footballer he did well (even if he never won the Champions League or other important titles at European and world level) as a manager things are going very badly and even the Rossoneri people who have always loved him and elected him as an icon of AC Milan are starting to think that perhaps he is the real problem of the club in recent years.
New York Times and THe Athletic
In the United States where Ibra played with the Los Angeles Galaxy, his way of being on TV is not liked one bit. Ibrahimovic comments on the matches together with Thierry Henry and Alexi Lalas (American defender who also played in Serie A for Padova). «Less Zlatan and the program would be better»the attack by columnist Andrew Marchand. «So far, the problem for Zlatan is that it seems don’t know anything specific about many of the teams or their players. When Fox featured the story of American-turned-Canada coach Jesse Marsch, it seemed like Zlatan had never heard of it,” Marchand continued. He instead praises the work of another champion, Thierry Henry: «His are always elegant and enlightening analyses». With Lalas, however, there was a spat in the studio. After France-Senegal, Lalas spoke of Les Bleus as “arrogant” players, but who can afford it. Ibra’s reply was not long in coming: «It’s not arrogance, it’s confidence. Ignorant people say it’s arrogance, intelligent people say it’s confidence.” Frost in the studio.
