AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has spoken to France Football News 2021 about his views on sport and politics.
“I said that we are not politicians,” Ibrahimovic said. “Politics divides people. Football, in my world, unites people. Big difference. Because I have had the chance to meet and get to know people that I would never have known if I did not play football. I have met people from all four corners of the world. We unite people. Politicians divide. If I wanted to be a politician, I would do politics. We should only do what we’re good at. Sports and politics are two different categories. If you are intelligent, you understand.”
I don't like when people have some kind of status, they go and do politics at the same time what they're doing,” Ibrahimovic told UEFA and Discovery+ in Sweden. “Do what you're good at."