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Zlatan Ibrahimovic jokes Eiffel Tower should be replaced with statue of him

Published: February 10 2015 | 11:06

Last updated: February 10 2015 | 20:45

Zlatan Ibrahimovic jokes that the Eiffel Tower should be replaced with a statue of the Paris Saint-Germain striker after his official waxwork was unveiled.

Paris Saint-Germain star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has joked that Paris should replace the iconic Eiffel Tower with a statue of himself.

The Sweden international made the suggestion after a waxwork of the footballer dressed in a PSG strip was unveiled at the Musee Grevin.

"It's an incredible feeling to get a statue at the Musee Grevin," Ibrahimovic told RMC. "It's a big honour to have a statue in a great museum like the Grevin. I am very happy with it.

"The people can get really close to the statue and that was the objective. The next step? I don't know. Maybe replacing the Eiffel Tower with an Ibrahimovic statue."

The 33-year-old posted an image of himself alongside the statue on Instagram to show off the likeness.

I took the opportunity to take a selfie with myself at the Grevin Museum in Paris. The one to the right is made of wax and the one to the left is made of steel.

A photo posted by IAmZlatan (@iamzlatanibrahimovic) on Feb 9, 2015 at 1:45pm PST