Zlatan Ibrahimovic furious on being placed second in list of greatest Swedish sportspersons

Zlatan Ibrahimovic angry after being placed second on the list

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has reacted furiously after he was ranked second on an all-time list of Swedish sportspersons. The Swede came in second position, behind tennis legend Björn Borg, who has 11 Grand Slam titles to his name and was the world number one for a total of 109 weeks, from 1977 to 1981.

Coming second is like finishing last, says Zlatan

The Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyhether has ranked the top 150 sportspersons from Sweden of all time, and Ibrahimovic was put in second position on the list. The Paris Saint-Germain striker was furious with his place in the list and reacted angrily when he was asked to answer questions by the daily. When asked how he felt about coming second, he abruptly said, “Thank you but to finish second is like finishing last.”

Further, when asked who he would rank as the best sportsperson in Sweden, Zlatan said, “On that list I would have been No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with due respect to the others.”

Lastly, when the Swedish footballer was questioned as to what he though about tennis legend Borg, who came first on the list and has previously expressed his admiration for Zlatan, the talismanic striker replied, “He is a cool person and a living legend.”

The top 10 Swedish sportspersons according to Dagens Nyheter’s

1. Björn Borg, Tennis

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Football

3. Jan-Ove Waldner, Table Tennis

4. Annika Sörenstam, Golf

5. Ingemar Stenmark, Alpine Sking

6. Carolina Klüft, Heptathlete

7. Ingemar Johansson, Boxing

8. Gunde Svan, Cross-country skiing

9. Peter Forsberg, Ice Hockey

10. Gert Fredriksson, Rowing