Good to see Ollie smile again. Best game in ages & deserved that applause from the crowd. Tuchel needs to drop him more often if he plays this good. #AVFC#AVLWHU
🚨Aston Villa had the perfect chance to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Malmo in 2001 after a meeting between representatives and Zlatan's father
A disagreement over a £100,000 payment to his dad caused Sir Doug Ellis to walk out before the Swede went on to join Ajax
🗣Ex-Villa scout Bryan King:
“Peter Withe and I took Doug Ellis to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s home. Ibrahimovic was at Malmo at the time, and I had seen him before there at Rosenberg, a small club in the district he comes from.
“We could have got him for £740,000, that was the deal from Malmo with a sell-on clause, but his father wanted £100,000 for himself.
“When Withe said to Doug about giving that to him, he said: ‘Give him what? I’m not giving him £100,000. No, no, no. He’s an unknown quantity; it’s not happening. I think we should leave.’ We walked out, and within 10 days he signed for Ajax and the father got his £100,000.”
What could have been for #avfc 🇸🇪🟣🔵