Ibrahimovic’s friend was 46 years old – Corriere.it

tragic the news that arrived at Zlatan Ibrahimovic, called up by Sweden but out in the last match (against Azerbaijan) because he’s not at his best physically (and this worries Milan considerably). In Holland one of his dearest friends died, Thijs Slegers, PSV press officer, died on 27 March at the age of 46 from a serious form of leukemia. He had discovered that pathology in 2020 and from that moment the long ordeal began. There is nothing left for me to do, the journalist had admitted when speaking of his health conditions.

The bond with Ibrahimovic was very strong: it dated back to when Zlatan was just a 19-year-old boy who was very talented but (also) needed a good friend to help him curb his rather impulsive character: he was really my only friend when I had no one in Holland – Ibra had admitted in a recent connection to ESPN -. I usually consider journalists as enemies, but it was always different with him. He stood by me and helped me when I was disoriented. And after these words, the Swede was moved: Thijs, I just want to tell you that I love you, my friend. Now the tragic news that threw the AC Milan forward into despair, who on April 30, 2022 lost another friend, a second father, Mino Raiola
and last December 16, due to leukemia, Sinisa Mihajlovicwith whom he had also been together on the Sanremo stage in 2021, both invited by Amadeus and Fiorello. Now the disappearance of Thijs Slegers, a great friend of him.