This Mexican player took away Zlatan Ibrahimović’s chance to play for one of Europe’s best clubs

Zlatan Ibrahimović is one of the most renowned players, not only because he’s a globetrotter and has played in 7 different countries and in 4 different decades, but also because he has a personality that makes you to either love him or hate him.

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He travelled from Europe just to sit on El Tri’s bench for three games

But before Zlatan was a superstar and was starting his career, he had the chance of signing with a Premier League club that he grew to hate after they refused to sign him, not because of his lack or talent, but mainly because he refused to attend to a tryout.

It’s widely known that Zlatan can’t stand Arsenal and their followers, and it has to do with this incident, as Arsene Wegner, who was coaching Arsenal back then, asked Zlatan to attend to a tryout before signing him but he refused, which ended with him joining teams in Serie A and La Liga instead of playing in England.

Which Mexican player took his place?

Arsene Wegner kept looking for young talents around the world, and after the 2005 U-17 World Cup, where Mexico became champion for the first time in its history, Wegner decided to sign Carlos Vela, who was part of the Gunners from 2006 to 2012.

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Carlos Vela is willing to return to El Tri under one condition