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27th Oct 2015

Are we about to see the first Church of Zlatan?

Tom Victor

When you’re the king, you can do anything.

We wouldn’t put anything past Zlatan Ibrahimovic, so we weren’t even surprised to hear that he’s gone and bought a church.

The Paris Saint-Germain star has reportedly splashed out 110 million Swedish Krona (just shy of £8.5m) on a townhouse in Stockholm’s Östermalm district that previously served as a place of worship.

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According to Swedish property website Fastighets Varlden, the building is registered in the 34-year-old’s name.

But while many football fans may worship Zlatan, he’s not using the purchase to set up his own religion (at least not yet, anyway).

It seems just wants to settle down back in Sweden after his retirement