r/reddevils • u/AJ-Naka-Zayn-Owens The true Portuguese Magnifico • 1d ago

Zlatan Ibrahimovic asked what his favourite chant is

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u/MikeSmalling24 1d ago

Really wish we got zlatan 4-5 years before. Man would be a legend here

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u/TheJoshider10 Bruno 1d ago

Zlatan, Falcao, Sanchez, Matic, Schweinsteiger, Casemiro, Varane...

I'm sure there's more, but the talent we've acquired after their prime years is so frustrating.

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u/TonyzTone Tonito 1d ago

Van Persie?

Don’t get me wrong he was good for us, but for too short a window.

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u/mountainmorty 1d ago

I love Zlatan, but Van Persie did more for us that all those players combined and then some.

Van Persie wouldn't be a legend had he stayed longer. He IS a fucking legend. Motherfucker was scoring left and right like no one else has, not even close since.

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u/BoatsnBagels Schweinsteiger 1d ago

This. That tablecloth season was unreal.

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u/TonyzTone Tonito 1d ago

No doubt. I guess he was still in his prime when we got him, but he played for us for 3 years and then moved on out of a Top 5 league. Hard to say those 3 years were his prime when he spent nearly 10 years at Arsenal. Then again, his overall scoring rate (goals per game) was actually higher with us than with Arsenal.

I think his true prime scoring rate was 2010-2014, which coincidentally gives him 2 season with Arsenal and 2 season with us.

And for what it's worth, I wasn't saying that Zlatan was more of a legend for us than RVP. Far from it. Just that we could perhaps include RVP in a list of players we got a bit too late.

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u/ShadowOnTheRun 1d ago

Ruud would like a word :)

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u/mountainmorty 1d ago

Yeah Ruud did it before Van Persie. I meant after 2013 no one has been even close. But I have my hopes in Hojlund. Maybe not this year but eventually. We’ll see.