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Book Review: I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic (told to David Lagercrantz)

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If you know about football this book is a short corner worth taking.  If a ball isn’t the point at least try the link below.

(November 2012 Sweden played England – the score 4 -2 – all four goals were scored by Zlatan).

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a six foot five inch Swede whose parents are from the former Yugoslavia.  He is one of football’s greatest strikers.

This book is about football from where he stands. The pace is agitated and powerful and page one starts with the two words that have caused the striker the greatest upset to date – Pep Guardiola.

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The Great British Bake Off – wall-to-wall comfort without the calories

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There was panic in our house last night at 8pm as we raced to find the sofa located somewhere beneath the teenager.  The final of the Great British Bake Off was about to begin.  Where was the remote control?

We were not alone – over nine million of us tuned in at some point during last night’s bake off.  It was intense from the first floury flurry.

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Football, canapés and a first class muddle over the Royal Mail

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Winter is stuttering into view but the cockles of British hearts are being warmed by perfect turmoil.  The three pillars of UK plc – football, cake and the post – are in a state of flex and flux.  It has been an exhausting ten days.

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