Milan superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic has offered a Swedish teenager a dream opportunity with the Serie A giants after discovering him in his very own back garden.

Malmo teenager Erik Kristjansson got the shock of his life when Ibrahimovic told him to pack his bags and head for Italy for a trial with the Rossoneri after the two enjoyed a kickabout at his home in Sweden.

The Swedish striker is friends with Kristjansson's architect father Gisli who helped renovate Ibrahimovic's mansion in his native Malmo. Luckily for the teenager he accompanied his dad to the house last weekend and snapped up the chance to have a kickabout with its owner Ibra who was home for a visit.

Ibrahimovic was impressed with the 16-year old's skills and was immediately on the phone to Milan.

"Zlatan came out and said, ‘How would you like to try playing for Milan?’," Gisli Kristjansson told Swedish news site The Local.

"We said, are you joking, and he said it was no joke. We couldn’t believe it," added the delighted dad.

The very next morning the teenager boarded a plane destined for Italy and has spent the week training with the other talented youngsters in the famous Milan youth academy.

"It's like a fairy tale. I’m a bit nervous, but football is Erik's life and as a father, how could I say no to an opportunity like this," Mr Kristjansson said.

His son Erik has been busy in his first week settling into his dormitory and taking part in training.

"Our training sessions are like the games at a very high tempo. I'm learning an incredible amount. Wherever it leads to we'll see. I hope I get to stay," Erik Kristjansson told Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan.

"I see myself as a winger but I've also played in other positions. It's a lot of running but I've got good lungs!"

Ambitious Erik is hoping to emulate Malmo's most famous son by making his name in Italy. For now the teenager doesn't even have a return ticket home.

"I don’t know when I’m coming home. Hopefully never," the teenager told Sydsvenskan.

"My life is football and this is the chance of a lifetime. I didn't believe it was true when Zlatan told me I could come here. Even if this doesn't turn into anything I'll still gain a lot of experience and other clubs might become interested. My goal is to see how far I can go in football."

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I think this is BS. There's zero mention of this on acmilan.com or gazzetta.it, and the only sources getting a whiff of this "story" are Swedish, and no Italian ones. Seriously, he's instantly whisked off to Milanello simply after a mere kickabout in Ibra's backyard?

Plus, it's Goal.crap; 'nuff said. In the end, this was probably a fantasy camp experience and nothing more.

Of course, I wouldn't put it past Galliani to even consider for a millisecond signing this guy, as he'd be worth about five cents.

I think this is BS. There's zero mention of this on acmilan.com or gazzetta.it, and the only sources getting a whiff of this "story" are Swedish, and no Italian ones. Seriously, he's instantly whisked off to Milanello simply after a mere kickabout in Ibra's backyard?

Plus, it's Goal.crap; 'nuff said. In the end, this was probably a fantasy camp experience and nothing more.

Of course, I wouldn't put it past Galliani to even consider for a millisecond signing this guy, as he'd be worth about five cents.

Keeping young talents out of the media limelight would make sense imo.

Nonethelesss, unlike acmilan.com, Gazzetta would post an article about a Milan player passing wind in an empty room.

I think this is BS. There's zero mention of this on acmilan.com or gazzetta.it, and the only sources getting a whiff of this "story" are Swedish, and no Italian ones. Seriously, he's instantly whisked off to Milanello simply after a mere kickabout in Ibra's backyard?

Plus, it's Goal.crap; 'nuff said. In the end, this was probably a fantasy camp experience and nothing more.

Of course, I wouldn't put it past Galliani to even consider for a millisecond signing this guy, as he'd be worth about five cents.

@dru: I don't really mind your hating Ibra. That's fine. But the remarks you aim at him are rather homophobic no? Couldn't you maybe call him maybe a diva, a jackass, a prima donna, or even an A$$hole...

And you're saying you're trying to insult him by calling him Ibrahomobitch...but you're not homophobic at all??

I just want to clear things up...not trying to rile you up or force a viewpoint.

Like I said, you're absolutely not required to worship anyone on this forum...and well the R&B forums do have a lot of perhaps over-passionate people if not on this issue then others. But well...we do draw a line..as you might have read(and commented) in the forum guidelines post. The reason I'm repeating this is because I don't want you to think I'm asking you to stop calling him that coz we like Ibra.

We're a crazy bunch of iconoclasts here with Milan as a vague point of reference that's all.

Ok. Leave Miz out of this. Could you not talk about my girl in such familiar terms.




Well...I'd rather you didn't use the Homo term. It's homophobic + derogatory. Feel free to use other non-abusive terms to hate on him if you like.

Think about it this way. What if another poster comes in whose actually a fan of Ibra. How do you think he'd feel reading this? And his reactions could start of a flame war needlessly. And no one's in the right anymore.

No problem re iHomo. As for Miz you might have the keys to the forum and her account but I have the keys to her heart

Okay....sure. I see you like to be the one-legged man in the you-know-what contest. Good luck.

LOL. Hating and insulting a player who's winning you games simply because he's a jerk in real life is quite over the top. Example: I might dislike Ronaldinho, but that's only because I think he's a mediocre athlete. If Ronaldinho was partying every single night till 2AM whilst winning us games single-handedly, I would reserve only words of praise for him. Bottom line: a team in the position of ours, who's been mocked and kicked in the past 3 years by everyone, cannot afford to say no to a player of the calibre of Ibrahimovic. As Milan fans, we have the duty to always support and cheer him for what he's given so far to this team, not insult him.

Cool story bro. Last time I checked there was no manual on how to be a fan or that said that because someone plays well for your team you must overlook the minor fact that he's SCUM. Sorry but to me Milan is perched at a loftier position than that. Just my opinion.

Times sure have changed


I guess thats what happens though after a long period of misery.

I'm not saying it's a rule, I'm saying how your ethics should guide you. Football is not about how kind and witty and gay a player is, but how much he can deliver on the field. And Zlatan delivers, A LOT. Keep your lofty Milan to yourself, I want my winning Milan back!

Agree with X-Off. they guy is giving his best on the pitch and will probably help us win something. I don't care about the rest.

I think you're not really serious about the 'don't care about the rest' part.

clearly winning at all costs is what Milan is about to you and that's fine. Last time I checked my opinion belonged to me. If we were about only about titles then Maldini wouldn't have advised that we don't seek caliciopoli redress. H
onour and family are a big big part of our appeal. If that do
esn't matter to you that's all well and good but don't project your priorities on me. Milan is a football club and we're in the buisness of winning. However we've had great success winning our way there's no need to change our identity due to yous impatience.

+1

I think this thing about Ibra's (and Robs') ego and attitude has been blown way out of proportion. everyone was panicking how his presence in the dressing room would unbalance the whole club and blahs like that. nothing [serious] has happened.

Impatience? We've been a joke for three years straight, do you expect me to close an eye or something? If I was to put my priorities of honor and respect over those of success, there wouldn't be a point in watching football in the first place.

I'm a hardcore fan, and hardcore fans don't change teams when theirs is not winning. I'll support Milan till death.

I see you're from Malmö, so I don't wanna argue about Zlatan with you.

the zlatan hate is obvious.

He played for Inter and Juve for one thing and he's arrogant. Milan fans have gotten used to world class players without egos on our team for years so now its a surprise to see one and they don't like it.

Ibra is probably his brother or something. Better not say anything stupid. Hopefully he doesn't know tae-kwon-do.

the zlatan hate is obvious.

He played for Inter and Juve for one thing and he's arrogant. Milan fans have gotten used to world class players without egos on our team for years so now its a surprise to see one and they don't like it.

Not my brother at all. I have no idea why it says Malmö in my Profile, I AM from sweden but not from Malmö and that has nothing to do with what I wrote...