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Zlatan Ibrahimovic: PSG striker furious at only being named second best sporting Swede behind Bjorn Borg

Striker lost out to former tennis champion in Swedish newspaper poll

Tom Sheen
Tuesday 23 December 2014 17:07 GMT
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been left fuming after he was named as only the second greatest Swedish sportsman - behind tennis legend Bjorn Borg.

The Paris Saint-Germain striker was named behind Borg, who won 11 Grand Slams in a stellar career, in a poll by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, who ranked the top 150 sporting Swedes.

The striker, who has won nine league titles in four countries responded to his congratulations by saying: "Thank you, but to finish second is like finishing last."

When asked who he would consider his top Swedes, he gave a typical Zlatan answer: "I would have been No 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with due respect to the others."

Bjorn Borg won 11 Grand Slams in a stellar career
Bjorn Borg won 11 Grand Slams in a stellar career (Getty)

The 33-year-old, whose team face Chelsea in the last-16 of the Champions League, did admit that Borg was a "cool person" and a "living legend".

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