Well, in a shock to us all we have just witnessed the closure to a chapter in football that is truly legendary. The Swedish Gladiator has hung up his sword and I’m numb in a way that is currently helpful considering the other Milan related announcements that have taken place since Ibra walked out of the San Siro as a player for the last time. A little insight into how AviA’s mind works, I stop following a player once they leave Milan….Gullit to Samp? Meh! Shev fell off my radar as soon as he bolted to London, Kaka was never paid any mind once he hobbled off to Madrid. Pirlo? But I pined for Ibra after we unceremoniously sent him off to France and watched him blitz the French league like I knew he would and was chief cheerleader in the “Bring him home campaign” and was giddy with delight once he came back to us.
My brilliant & successful “Bring Him Home” campaign – I’m also available for anyone looking to do presidential runs!
Bring your sister!
Ibra for me has always had an aura that I picked up on when he first started playing for Juve. There is at times something “other-worldly” about this guy especially in the way in which he scores goals. His cock-assuredness made my blood boil when he was in Juve & Merda colours but you cant deny that he brings it to the table when he’s wearing your team’s colours, hence why he is loved & loathed with a passion. For those that still hate him all he would say is “Bring your Sister!”
How to even summarise?
It would take a month long worth of posts to try and summarise all this guys achievements as he’s literally done it all across Europe including winning the league title in all the countries that he played in (yeah he didnt win the EPL when at Man Utd) but do you know what he did win which was even better? The damned respect of English fans (finally!)
I’ve spent years hearing English fans & commentators alike opine how he was kinda good but had never really been tested or played on a big enough stage, well 2 things Ibra did to slap down that stupid notion right here….. Sweden 4 – 2 England! Anyone remember that? I do! It was the time Ibra essentially bitch slapped the England squad with 4 goals including one of the best goals in football eveeeeeeer! Even drawing this analysis from the British rags….
This was followed by his time in the EPL where he finally started winning the plaudits we long knew he deserved …..great send off from the EPL here
The Milanese Legend
At Milan he was instrumental in winning two scudettos in the two stints that he had at Milan but he did so much more than that…he used that aura I mentioned earlier to lift the squad, give them belief in themselves, even make them think that they could be champions to. Anyone remember guys like Nocerino & Prince scoring hatricks? Well that dried up as soon as Ibra went to Paris and totally not a coincidence!
For me he’s genuinely one of the best players ever and easily fits alongside the illustrious strikers that make up our history and would write his name alongside Van Basten, Weah, Sheva & Pippo et al and worry that now that he has left we have genuinely lost a very important part of our foundation and at a very critical time. It would have been great for him to have gone out with a bang rather than what felt like a rushed exit but regardless, he gets to leave with his head held high like a lion & a champion, Grazie Grande Ibra! There will never be another like you!
AviA
