Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic doesn’t know what awaits him at Sanremo. ‘I’m excited, I don’t know what’s coming but we’ll certainly have fun’.
The Swede will participate during the Sanremo music festival this week, and it all starts tonight.
Amadeus hosts the cultural milestone in the Italian calendar and said he was ‘honoured’ by Zlatan’s participation.
Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic doesn’t know what awaits him at Sanremo. ‘I’m excited, I don’t know what’s coming but we’ll certainly have fun’.
The Swede will participate during the Sanremo music festival this week, and it all starts tonight.
Amadeus hosts the cultural milestone in the Italian calendar and said he was ‘honoured’ by Zlatan’s participation.
“I’m honoured by the presence of Ibrahimovic, he’s a champion,” Amadeus said at a press conference.
“The champions belong to everyone. He’s in great shape, he’s a player who is always better to have with you than against you.
“We will meet the man Ibrahimovic, the one the Italian public doesn’t know.”
Zlatan said he believes ‘it’s easier to score’ goals on a football pitch than to help present the music festival but feels he is in ‘good hands’.
“When Amadeus called me, I didn’t say no, I said yes,” Ibrahimovic said at a press conference. “Amadeus told me not to worry and be calm, I have to be myself.
“It’s easier to score, I’m in good hands with Amadeus and Fiorello. I don’t know what awaits me, but I’m not worried.
“If I make a mistake, no one can judge me, and if I do well, even better, then I’ll have another job for when I stop.
“I’m excited, I don’t know what’s coming but we will certainly have fun.
“There’s a reason why Amadeus called me: because he wants to break all the records, and I introduce myself.”
He said the muscle injury he suffered against Roma last time will not affect his role at Sanremo.
“The programme is always the same, I was unlucky,” Ibrahimovic continued. “I suffered a small injury, but I can do everything.
“The Festival programme doesn’t change, I’m always available for Amadeus.”
There has been a lot of attention on Zlatan Ibrahimovic after his critique of LeBron James’ social and political activism.
LeBron replied to Ibra, but the Swedish 39-year-old continued to claim that ‘athletes must be athletes and politicians must be politicians’.
“Racism and politics are two different things. We athletes unite the world, politics divides the world,” he said.
“Everyone is welcome, it has nothing to do with where you are from, we do what we do to unite. We don’t do other things because we are not good at it, otherwise I would be in politics.
“That’s my message. Athletes must be athletes, politicians must be politicians.”
Ibrahimovic said he participates at the music festival because he wants to give a lot back to Italy.
“I don’t think so much, those who know me, know that I’m a professional and I don’t have to say that I finish first or last.
“They must see me as an example. When I play my football, I’m very focused on this, my target with Milan is to help.
“I want to give a lot to Italy for what it has given me, for so many years, and not just in football. I got the opportunity to do the Sanremo Festival and they told me it’s the biggest thing in Italy, so let’s do it.”