[Photo] Arsenal could have signed Ibrahimovic for £3m.
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has just signed for 5 year contact with Barcelona, the spanish giants have paid £40m PLUS Samuel Eto’o for the striker. Ibrahimovic is now the worlds most expensive striker.
But did you know that he came VERY close to signing for Arsenal?
In 2001 Arsenal agreed a £3m fee with his club at the time Malmo FF, Personal terms with Ibrahimovic were also agreed and his was even given the number 9 shirt (photo above) It all basically a done deal…Until it all went wrong.
Zlatan was sure the deal was done and even posed for photos with the number 9 shirt, He called his friends at Malmo and told them how happy he was to be signing for a great club like Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger then told Zlatan the deal was NOT done and that he would have to play in a trial match before he signed him as he was not 100% of his talents. Zlatan was so angry about this he refused to play in the game and walked out of the Arsenal training ground. Zlatan felt insulted by Wengers late decision and refused to go back as he knew there were other clubs who wanted him.
Wenger decided NOT to sign him for £3m and he was then sent back to Malmo FF.
Wenger said: “I rate him highly. I wanted to buy him when he was a boy but it didn’t turn out that way.”
Malmo then sold Zlatan to Ajax and Arsenal signed Francis Jeffers for £8m, for almost 3x times as much as what they could have signed Zlatan.
So i wonder how wenger feels now knowing he picked Francis Jeffers over Zlatan Ibrahimovic and at more then double the price.
What about all the clubs that didn’t even notice him back then? What about Barca paying 40m plus Eto and Helb. Why didn’t they just buy him for £1m in 2001. You plonker
you have some of your facts wrong, Arsenal did not pull out of the deal, it was Zlatan as Wenger rightly would not guarentee a 17 year old to be first choice so Zlatan went to Ajax as they did
“He was here as a young man, but he chose to go to Ajax,” Wenger said yesterday at the club’s London Colney training headquarters. “I have always regretted not signing him.”
you are a fucking little shit stirring cunt who basically don’t know the real facts! Do you know the term ‘supporter’ means? Why don’t you fuck off and support some otehr team you little fucking prick.
Fucking sad really – and get your facts right before spreading negative shit over the web you retard – there are plenty of red-tops that will do that regardless.
Who would garantee a 17 yr old first team football?
Stop writing if your only going to wrote bullshit.
I still think this is a vendetta against Wenger.
So we should sack a manager for making a mistake? You have dug up old news to use against Wenger, but for what? Im sure hes made other mistakes too!
Before, I would always have assumed that even the most staunch anti-Wenger fans would never have doubted his amazing ability in the transfer market. For every one that got away, there are two that didnt.
You have a point to make, but dont do it in a childish way like this. Your credibility will be completely lost if you continue in this vein; expecting actual perfection just seems ludicrous.
Zlatan is a fantastic footballer, amazing skills…top 3 in the world! Its boring that many of the premier League followers dont rate him, because they dont know him….. PL is my league but I always watch Zlatan matches, he is a total extra factor !! Would be perfect for Arsenal I can se Arshavin – Fabregas – Zlatan – Van Persie – Theo Have alot of fun together
I’m trying to prove that Wenger is not the god that some people think.
And all this crap about how he (Zlatan) wanted first team football is just bollocks, its all propaganda from the “in wenger we trust crew”
They well also try and tell you that Wenger can turn blood into redwine and how wenger can walk on water.
The sad fact is that Wenger is killing the club with his lack of spending. But the “in wenger we trust crew” will try n tell us that we have NO money.
The in wenger we trust crew will also tell you that if it was not for Wenger we would not be in our new stadium as he belt it with his own hands, They will also tell you that if it was not for wenger Arsenal would be in the same boat as leeds.
They dont tell you about things like Zlatan and we wont say anything about Arshavin being dropped for the FA Cup Semi final or the signing of Silvestre and allowing Diarra,Flamini and Gilberto to leave without replacing them for 2 seasons.
Im here to tell the trust and to open peoples eyes to the fact that Wenger is making more n more mistakes every summer.
Zlatan is in the news today as he has just signed for Barca hench this post.
Why don’t you confess to everyone. What is your issue with the greatest manager that has ever managed our club.
If you are a ‘supporter’ why is all you write so negative? Do you think you can respond to this and tell us fans what our manager is good at? Do you think you can do it?
Fat Mike i agree wit u, arsenalaction ur not a supporter a twat tht shud fuck off. why u h8in zlatan is so over rated he played shit against Man u nd out strikers easily eclipse him so pls support ur own team nd dnt look 4 faults u bellend
ach come on, surely you can’t believe that! that’s beyond stupid. how many times do i have to write on this wall, profits from player transfers do not go to the board, They don’t take dividends!!!!
Wenger is one of the best managers in the world, no manager can build wat wenger has built, those young boys will shine nd wen they do i would luv 2 c ur posts then, i already knw ur not a real arsenal fan. yes we all knew arshavin was on the bench and wondered why but we could hve 1 tht match without him plus if u chk ur sources he was not fully fit u fuck. Gilberto was sold because he was getting to slow for the english league. Diarra is a loss but he wanted to go cuz he wasnt ready to w8 to start. wenger makes mistakes like a human being but in WENGER WE TRUST REAL TALK
Are u lot avin a laugh!? Does that really look like Ibrahimovic 2 U?! Sinbad’s takin the piss. I know that foto was supposedly taken in 01′ but that ain’t no Ibrahimovic 2 me just some budget lookalike – if that!
As much as he’s a gr8 manager, one thing I h8 about Wenger(amongst a growin list) is how he alwayz lays claim to nearly signin’ so many superstar footballers once they’ve hit the big time. He did it with Ronaldinho, Drogba, Torres, Ronaldo, Cech, etc and now Ibra…so why didn’t u buy them then? He’ll always tell us there was some kind of issue, blah, blah, blah…I don’t need to hear it. I think the guy is amazing 4 what he has done for the gunners in his first 8 years but his increasing use of kryptic english in interviews(especially when things don’t go right – I’m like er, what did that mean???), bullshit spin, empty promises and “I nearly signed them 8 years ago” spiel r startin 2 wear mighty thin. Just be honest with the back bone of this club – THE FANS – so we can get our expectations in perspective 4FS!
dnt have much 2 say,but THAAAT WAS A FREE KICK N A HALF!!wt a screaaaamer!!would have loved the Ronaldinho & CR deal more back then tho!!well its all inda past now we just have 2 look 4rward init.
Brilliant post. Let’s face it, all our problems have clearly come from pre 2001 sice when we have won 2 doubles and gone unbeaten for an entire season.
Even if the joker in the picture was the said, One Trick Pony, he can hardly have been guarenteed to make the same progress with us as he was with the relevant Italian clubs that he has masqueraded for since said picture was taken. Personally speaking, as someone who has held a season ticket since 1985, I remember Ibrahimovic playing against us for Juve and being abysmal. Shut out of the game by a combination of Senderos and Eboue. So what is to be made of that? Sign them both up on extended contracts..? No. Didn’t think so.
Try to rememer where Arsenal were before Wenger arrived if you want to imagine the future.
yes he is, but for other reasons not for the one you posted!! any ways who cares if he dint sing for us because of wenger, that was like 8 years ago!! forget aobut it!!!!!! it was hes own fault, he should have just gone to the trial.
there was no reason to post something negative about wenger for no reason!!!
horroble deal for barca!! i rate eto much much higher the zlatan!!
Are you saying you’re better manager than arsene? you’d sign zlatan for 3m back in 2001 knowing he’d be one of the best today. Well done i say. Why are you still blogging then? Get your ass into the real world and start the hardwork to get a manager license and replace arsene one day….
whilst agreeing with you that wenger makes mistakes(like the semi with chelsea, by dropping the Arsh!, was for the reason he wanted the team he put out to get confidence without him for game against utd in CL) and the easy way he lets players go etc etc… but who doesn’t make mistakes! one thing for sure THE BIGGEST TEAM IN THE WORLD REAL MADRID would walk on broken glass to get wenger as there manager! i know it, you know it , the whole world who follows football and has a brain knows it!! so shut the f**k up and wait until wengers contract runs out and if he’s not succesful with his project he will do the honourable thing and leave.. then saps like you will be moaning with his replacement and i will be remembering the good years and memories he has left me with whilst following THE ARSENAL over the last 30 years,1978..onwards.boy was there some bad memories before wenger! what you have to understand is that form is temporay but class is permanent!so my advice is if you are not happy with wat is going do something about it! vote with your feet or dont follow arsenal until wengers gone! not slag him off on every occasion! whilst i am not happy with most of wengers tactics , subs, i wouldnt come here and slag him off!(i only mentioned the previous line about tactics etc..)as an example not to slag him off.f&cks sake the season aint even started yet! i think you are any one of the brain washed massive who lives of sky, talk shit radio and the newspapers! believing all the crap that comes from them! haha
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has just signed for 5 year contact with Barcelona, the spanish giants have paid £40m PLUS Samuel Eto’o for the striker. Ibrahimovic is now the worlds most expensive striker.
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Why did i even bother reading this shit you fucking prepubescent yid. Just stop blogging please and do the world a favour.
What about all the clubs that didn’t even notice him back then? What about Barca paying 40m plus Eto and Helb. Why didn’t they just buy him for £1m in 2001. You plonker
fucking hell…shocking
the guys way ovverated anyway
Sure he is…. And look at how great jeffers is doing : )
All that money and he’s still not as good as Van Persie or Eduardo.
Keep trying mate, one day you’ll post a decent ‘article’
you have some of your facts wrong, Arsenal did not pull out of the deal, it was Zlatan as Wenger rightly would not guarentee a 17 year old to be first choice so Zlatan went to Ajax as they did
“He was here as a young man, but he chose to go to Ajax,” Wenger said yesterday at the club’s London Colney training headquarters. “I have always regretted not signing him.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2334401/Wenger-regrets-loss-of-erratic-Ibrahimovic.html
He picked Ajax as he felt insulted by Wenger
you are a fucking little shit stirring cunt who basically don’t know the real facts! Do you know the term ‘supporter’ means? Why don’t you fuck off and support some otehr team you little fucking prick.
‘The Truth Hurts’
Its the same the other way round; Wenger signed (what turned out to be) great players for peanuts!
Wenger wins by a country mile…
What like Reyes?
What are you trying to prove with this article?
Fucking sad really – and get your facts right before spreading negative shit over the web you retard – there are plenty of red-tops that will do that regardless.
Who would garantee a 17 yr old first team football?
Stop writing if your only going to wrote bullshit.
If Fucks real fans off.
I still think this is a vendetta against Wenger.
So we should sack a manager for making a mistake? You have dug up old news to use against Wenger, but for what? Im sure hes made other mistakes too!
Before, I would always have assumed that even the most staunch anti-Wenger fans would never have doubted his amazing ability in the transfer market. For every one that got away, there are two that didnt.
You have a point to make, but dont do it in a childish way like this. Your credibility will be completely lost if you continue in this vein; expecting actual perfection just seems ludicrous.
Are you that Anti Wenger? I just don’t understand looking at your own comments on your own piss shit article…..?
Fuck off and support Spurs dip shit and stop posting shit.
Zlatan is a fantastic footballer, amazing skills…top 3 in the world! Its boring that many of the premier League followers dont rate him, because they dont know him….. PL is my league but I always watch Zlatan matches, he is a total extra factor !! Would be perfect for Arsenal I can se Arshavin – Fabregas – Zlatan – Van Persie – Theo Have alot of fun together
I’m trying to prove that Wenger is not the god that some people think.
And all this crap about how he (Zlatan) wanted first team football is just bollocks, its all propaganda from the “in wenger we trust crew”
They well also try and tell you that Wenger can turn blood into redwine and how wenger can walk on water.
The sad fact is that Wenger is killing the club with his lack of spending. But the “in wenger we trust crew” will try n tell us that we have NO money.
The in wenger we trust crew will also tell you that if it was not for Wenger we would not be in our new stadium as he belt it with his own hands, They will also tell you that if it was not for wenger Arsenal would be in the same boat as leeds.
They dont tell you about things like Zlatan and we wont say anything about Arshavin being dropped for the FA Cup Semi final or the signing of Silvestre and allowing Diarra,Flamini and Gilberto to leave without replacing them for 2 seasons.
Im here to tell the trust and to open peoples eyes to the fact that Wenger is making more n more mistakes every summer.
Zlatan is in the news today as he has just signed for Barca hench this post.
When Wenger leaves with you go with him?
no like toure, vieira, petit, anelka
God, why do I read this shit?
But you’ve got what you wanted, hits and comments. Well done you cunt.
I don’t even think it’s Zlatan on the picture…just one of many look-a-likes.
Sinbad,
Why don’t you confess to everyone. What is your issue with the greatest manager that has ever managed our club.
If you are a ‘supporter’ why is all you write so negative? Do you think you can respond to this and tell us fans what our manager is good at? Do you think you can do it?
Go on, give it a go and see how you feel.
Another poignant sensible article from the country’s most intelligent & well informed blogger
Fat Mike i agree wit u, arsenalaction ur not a supporter a twat tht shud fuck off. why u h8in zlatan is so over rated he played shit against Man u nd out strikers easily eclipse him so pls support ur own team nd dnt look 4 faults u bellend
you little wanker
Wenger is a cunt
Alberto Mendez and Inamoto?
Stepanovos
Tavaladis
Malz
Diawara
Wenger is ONLY good at ONE thing.
Making money for the board
ach come on, surely you can’t believe that! that’s beyond stupid. how many times do i have to write on this wall, profits from player transfers do not go to the board, They don’t take dividends!!!!
Whats your point every manager has signed flops, name one who hasn’t?
Wenger is one of the best managers in the world, no manager can build wat wenger has built, those young boys will shine nd wen they do i would luv 2 c ur posts then, i already knw ur not a real arsenal fan. yes we all knew arshavin was on the bench and wondered why but we could hve 1 tht match without him plus if u chk ur sources he was not fully fit u fuck. Gilberto was sold because he was getting to slow for the english league. Diarra is a loss but he wanted to go cuz he wasnt ready to w8 to start. wenger makes mistakes like a human being but in WENGER WE TRUST REAL TALK
That just proves that you know nothing about my club and you should be writing about the club you actually support.
Strange how 99% of posters think you are talking rubbish. I wonder why that is.
I AGREE IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE HIM
AV its coz they all buy into that dream that Wenger will lead us into the promise land with his vision and super kids.
ARSENAL ACTION IT PROVES U KNW SHIT ABT FOOTBALL FUCKING HELL
Are u lot avin a laugh!? Does that really look like Ibrahimovic 2 U?! Sinbad’s takin the piss. I know that foto was supposedly taken in 01′ but that ain’t no Ibrahimovic 2 me just some budget lookalike – if that!
As much as he’s a gr8 manager, one thing I h8 about Wenger(amongst a growin list) is how he alwayz lays claim to nearly signin’ so many superstar footballers once they’ve hit the big time. He did it with Ronaldinho, Drogba, Torres, Ronaldo, Cech, etc and now Ibra…so why didn’t u buy them then? He’ll always tell us there was some kind of issue, blah, blah, blah…I don’t need to hear it. I think the guy is amazing 4 what he has done for the gunners in his first 8 years but his increasing use of kryptic english in interviews(especially when things don’t go right – I’m like er, what did that mean???), bullshit spin, empty promises and “I nearly signed them 8 years ago” spiel r startin 2 wear mighty thin. Just be honest with the back bone of this club – THE FANS – so we can get our expectations in perspective 4FS!
UR A BIG FOOL IF UR NOT A SUPPORTER FUCK OF UR THE CUNT BLOODY BELLEND
dnt have much 2 say,but THAAAT WAS A FREE KICK N A HALF!!wt a screaaaamer!!would have loved the Ronaldinho & CR deal more back then tho!!well its all inda past now we just have 2 look 4rward init.
Brilliant post. Let’s face it, all our problems have clearly come from pre 2001 sice when we have won 2 doubles and gone unbeaten for an entire season.
Even if the joker in the picture was the said, One Trick Pony, he can hardly have been guarenteed to make the same progress with us as he was with the relevant Italian clubs that he has masqueraded for since said picture was taken. Personally speaking, as someone who has held a season ticket since 1985, I remember Ibrahimovic playing against us for Juve and being abysmal. Shut out of the game by a combination of Senderos and Eboue. So what is to be made of that? Sign them both up on extended contracts..? No. Didn’t think so.
Try to rememer where Arsenal were before Wenger arrived if you want to imagine the future.
Mugs.
dont you get tired of insults? this fool is not half as good as Eto but Barca is going to find out in the quarter finals of the champions league
this is stupid!!!!!! what u want us to hate wenger??? why are u so negative??? There was no reason to bring this up.
I just laugh at them.
People cant come back with a debate and they cant so they just slag me off and call me names. shows how weak they are
Zlatan is in the news today is he not?
Why didn’t we sign Ronaldo when he was a sperm. He would have cost 20 cents then. Damn we could have saved 79999999.8 pounds.
yes he is, but for other reasons not for the one you posted!! any ways who cares if he dint sing for us because of wenger, that was like 8 years ago!! forget aobut it!!!!!! it was hes own fault, he should have just gone to the trial.
there was no reason to post something negative about wenger for no reason!!!
horroble deal for barca!! i rate eto much much higher the zlatan!!
ahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha
thanks mate, i needed a good laugh
Are you saying you’re better manager than arsene? you’d sign zlatan for 3m back in 2001 knowing he’d be one of the best today. Well done i say. Why are you still blogging then? Get your ass into the real world and start the hardwork to get a manager license and replace arsene one day….
oh wait, you’re only good at blogging
whilst agreeing with you that wenger makes mistakes(like the semi with chelsea, by dropping the Arsh!, was for the reason he wanted the team he put out to get confidence without him for game against utd in CL) and the easy way he lets players go etc etc… but who doesn’t make mistakes! one thing for sure THE BIGGEST TEAM IN THE WORLD REAL MADRID would walk on broken glass to get wenger as there manager! i know it, you know it , the whole world who follows football and has a brain knows it!! so shut the f**k up and wait until wengers contract runs out and if he’s not succesful with his project he will do the honourable thing and leave.. then saps like you will be moaning with his replacement and i will be remembering the good years and memories he has left me with whilst following THE ARSENAL over the last 30 years,1978..onwards.boy was there some bad memories before wenger! what you have to understand is that form is temporay but class is permanent!so my advice is if you are not happy with wat is going do something about it! vote with your feet or dont follow arsenal until wengers gone! not slag him off on every occasion! whilst i am not happy with most of wengers tactics , subs, i wouldnt come here and slag him off!(i only mentioned the previous line about tactics etc..)as an example not to slag him off.f&cks sake the season aint even started yet! i think you are any one of the brain washed massive who lives of sky, talk shit radio and the newspapers! believing all the crap that comes from them! haha