Sweden football legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic mars legacy at boyhood club Malmo by investing in rival club Hammarby

A day after investing in Stockholm-based football team Hammarby, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s statue at the Malmo FF stadium was vandalised by club fans on Thursday.

The striker’s bronze statue was unveiled by the Swedish Football Association just a month ago but his decision to invest in rival club Hammarby did not go down well with Malmo supporters, who set his statue on fire – the club where Ibrahimovic started his professional career in 1999.

Apart from acquiring roughly a quarter of the shares in Hammarby on Wednesday, he had also bought 50% of American sporting and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group’s stake in the Swedish team.