A competition Racism and politics are different things
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has reiterated his position that athletes should not get involved in politics LeBron James‘criticism of the AC Milan player.
The former Swedish international is not in favor of athletes speaking out about politics, but the Los Angeles Lakers star made it clear that he will always give his opinion on such matters.
Ibrahimovic had a different opinion and did not hesitate to express it in a press conference at the San Remo Music Festival.
“Racism and politics are different things,” he said Ibrahimovic“Athletes unite the world, politics divides it.
“Everyone is welcome in our environment, wherever you come from and we do everything we can to bring people together.
“Our role is to unite the world by doing what we are good at. We don’t do other things because we are not good, otherwise I would be in politics.
“My message? Athletes should be athletes and politicians should be politicians.”
His new comments came next LeBron released a video detailing the moments when Ibrahimovic spoke out about racism.
‘He’s the man in Sweden who said he was talking about the same things because his last name is none [traditional Swedish] last name, he felt like there was some racism going on when he got on the field, ”he said LeBron a few days ago.