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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has entered a sexism row in Sweden by claiming the country's top female players deserve to be rewarded with bikes instead of cars.

The Swedish FA has given a new Volvo to former Southampton midfielder Anders Svensson for breaking the record number of caps (148) for a male player.

But female player Therese Sjogran, who has represented her country 187 times, did not receive the same recognition.

The PSG striker, who was this week named Sweden's sports star of the year for the eighth time, said: "The attention that women's football gets in Sweden is unequalled in the world.

"It is a surprising thing. They do their work marvelously well and they will continue to do it, but you cannot compare the individual performance of a woman with a man.

"In Europe. they compare me with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. When I come back to Sweden, they compare me with a female player. With all due respect to women, they should be paid in proportion to what they generate (financially)."

Asked how female players should be rewarded, Ibrahimovic said: "Give them a bicycle with my autograph and that will be enough".