Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he is, the Swedish giant did not shy away from his pleasure to be received by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Tuesday.
During their short meeting, the two men exchanged pleasantries, smiles and a few gifts.
A meeting that the striker highlighted on his social networks (he is followed by 51.7 million people on Instagram) accompanied by a sober comment: "Peace, love", all with a big smile.
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I brought something for you and I wanted to give it to you personally
," breathed the AC Milan striker, passed through Barcelona, Paris or even Manchester during his long and rich career which he still pursues from the top of its forty years.
It's a part of my story, it contains the description of my life and a little message
. "Zlatan handed over a copy of his latest book
" Adrenalina, my ignored stories ",
released on January 2, where he reveals tasty anecdotes about his footballing life.
In exchange, the Sovereign Pontiff, loyal to the San Lorenzo club in Argentina, promised that he "would read it willingly" assuring that sport was "a message of humanity and greatness" and also gave him a book: " Lo sport secondo ”.
A writing dealing with the links between high performance sport and the spirit.
In his "zlatan" style, the former Paris SG scorer split a little light sentence when handing over his Milan jersey to Pope Francis: "
Do you like Milan?
I do a bit of magic on the pitch with this one
... "