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AC Milan striker Ibrahimovic slams parents of PSG star Mbappe

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has taken aim at PSG star Kylian Mbappe.

The Swede says rejecting Real Madrid was the wrong call from the striker.

He explained: "For himself no, for PSG yes. He has put himself in a situation where he is more important than the club itself. And the club gave him the keys to do it. But you can never be bigger than the club.

"When a child gets strong, he makes money easily. And parents become lawyers, agents ... This is the problem, this is where one loses self-discipline. Today with the new generations parents, mothers and fathers think they are stars and speak in the newspapers.

"But who do they think they are? It is up to the son to work and be disciplined. Mbappé as a person I don't know him too well. As a player he is fantastic. But when you lose self-discipline, you lose your identity ... There is a reason why Zidane is Zidane.

"Mbappé does he want to imitate him? Then you begin to progress, not to be satisfied."

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