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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been a big hit in France since joining Paris Saint Germain in 2012, but not everybody is a fan.

Former goalkeeper Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, who played for France at the 1978 World Cup, left no doubt about what he thinks of the Swedish striker in an interview with L'Equipe.



Bertrand-Demanes said, as translated by Marca, that Zlatan is "as thick as a plank" and "a problem for PSG" and that he "needs a good slap."

"He's only good against weak teams," Bertrand-Demanes said. "To be one of the greats, you have to score against Bayern or Real Madrid, like Luis Suarez and Messi do. I don't like him at all; he doesn't want another forward by his side."