AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has reaffirmed his belief that athletes should “stay in the sport”, while he made comments to LA Lakers star LeBron James.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday before the start of the Sanremo Italian music festival, which Ibrahimovic is hosting, he addressed his comments.
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“Athletes unite the world, politics divides 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.”
During an interview with UEFA for Discovery + in Sweden on Thursday, Ibrahimovic said: “[LeBron] it’s phenomenal in what he does, but I don’t like it when people have some kind of status, they go and do politics at the same time.
“Do what you’re good at. Do the category you do. I play football because I’m the best football player.
“I don’t do politics. If I were a political politician, I would do politics. This is the first mistake people make when they become famous and become in a certain status. Stay out of it. Just do what you do best. good, because it doesn’t look good. “
The comments prompted a response from James, who said he spoke “from a very polite mind, so I’m the wrong guy I have to go to, because I’m doing my homework.”
Ibrahimovic also addressed his profile clash with Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku during their meeting in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia on January 26, which ended with both players receiving a yellow card.
Although both men had to be restrained by their teammates while insulting, the Swedish striker said there was no bad blood between him and his former Manchester United teammate.
“If he [Lukaku] he wants to come [to Sanremo]”It’s welcome,” Ibrahimovic added. “What happens on the field stays on the field.”