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Statue of limitations: Vandalised Ibrahimovic sculpture to stay in Malmo

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FOUL PLAY: The statue of Ibrahimovic pictured after it was destroyed in January. - AFP file
FOUL PLAY: The statue of Ibrahimovic pictured after it was destroyed in January. - AFP file

Stockholm - The statue has been the target of numerous attacks since the player invested in Stockholm-based Hammarby, angering supporters of Malmo FF, the club where he began his professional career

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Published: Thu 4 Jun 2020, 10:04 PM

Last updated: Fri 5 Jun 2020, 12:09 AM

The statue of Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic will remain in his birthplace of Malmo despite it being repeatedly vandalised, the city's mayor said Thursday.
Some fans had petitioned the authorities to relocate the statue to Stockholm while separate citizens' initiative demanded it be maintained elsewhere in Malmo.
"The statue remains in Malmo and a group within the city's organisation will now study where it can be installed," Anders Malmstrom, a spokesman for the local municipality, told AFP.
The statue has been the target of numerous attacks since the player invested in Stockholm-based Hammarby, angering supporters of Malmo FF, the club where he began his professional career.
In November, a day after his investment in Hammarby, Ibrahimovic filed a "hate crime" complaint after the statue was attacked with fire and paint and the word 'Judas' daubed across the front door of his Stockholm home.
In January, the statue had collapsed against the barrier protecting it, its feet partially chopped off.


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