He comes from poor conditions. Grew up in Malmö in southern Sweden - in a small suburb called Rosengård (Rose Farm). Many immigrants lived (and still live) there.
He has always spoken of the hard times when his family not always even had food on the table.
In recent years he has started to give things back to the area he grew up in - for instance he built a football pitch for the young generation in 2007:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatan_CourtHe is sometimes a bit over the top imo. Sometimes speaks about himself in 3:rd person (more often when he was younger though), which makes him sound arrogant. But most often it is really tongue in cheek.
Him coming to England will be good for EPL. Just hope it doesn't end up being too good for Manure though!
