What a scary week for Zlatan IbrahimovicIf being deported against Parma for protest on Saturday was a minor thing, the punishment coming in A competition For breaking anti-Covid rules when he was caught without a mask in a closed restaurant a day later, he remains small with what was reported Wednesday.
And it is that the controversy and the Swede go so hand in hand that he could almost face the toughest sanction of his career that would even lead him to retirement.
The reason is the following: on his return to the national team he has the rules of the ethical code of the FIFA Y UEFA Be a member of the betting company Bethard.com, as football players participating in both organizations are prohibited from obtaining this type of monetary income.
Zlatan He has been a co-owner of this Malta-based gambling house since 2018, where he would not have been able to participate in the World Cup in Russia that year if he had wanted to.
Ibrahimovic became co-owner and leader of Bethard through its limited partnership, Unknown AB, in 2018. Because of this relationship, he would not have been able to participate in the 2018 World Cup, even if he retired internationally at that stage, ”reported Swedish daily Aftonbladet.
Bethard listed an amount of SEK 301 million (approximately € 30 million) in 2019, of which Zlatan received a large percentage because the owner of the company, Erik Skarp, confirmed that the player of the Milan remains a partner of the bookmaker.
The penalty for violating this regulation is imposed by the FIFA it would result in a fine of almost 100,000 euros and a possible suspension of all football-related activities for up to three years.