— That may change in the future. But we are not there now, says municipal councilor Janne Grönholm (MP). South Sweden.
He does not consider it appropriate to put up the statue for several years.
— You need to find a place that is suitable. Then I don’t think it’s wrong to let time pass, he tells the newspaper.
In November 2019, the news came that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will become a co-owner of MFF’s Allsvenskan competitor Hammarby. Immediately afterwards, a toilet seat was hung on the statue and racist words and death threats were written on the ground next to the sculpture.
In mid-December one of the statue’s feet was sawed off and before Christmas the nose was sawed off at the same time as the bronze statue was painted white.
On the night of January 5, 2020, the legs of the statue were severed and the entire sculpture overturned. The statue was then shipped away for renovation.