There are plenty of players who attest themselves to greatness. They shout and they holler, they espouse and they proclaim, but the real talking, that which comes between the great equaliser of four white lines and involves a leather ball and four goalposts, often falls silent.
It is easy to spout one’s own greatness. But to actually achieve greatness itself is something that very few individuals have the skill and attitude to do. It is a rare destination on a journey that many embark.
For Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he routinely makes his bed each morning as he wakes in the grounds of greatness.