ZLATAN Essays - Free Essays, Term Papers

GEORGE BEST /ZLATAN Essays - Free Essays, Term Papers GEORGE BEST /ZLATAN George B est is possibly one of the best footballers of all time in fact most people reckon him and P ele are the two best players to grace the football field ever ! In 1968 he won the European shirt with United, and was named the European footballer of the year and FWA footballer of the year . He is described by the national team's governing body and the Irish football association , as the "greatest player to ever pull on the green shirt of Northern Ireland". George Best Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the flashiest, most confident footballer's of this century. He is said to have scored some of the best/ most outrageous goals ever to have been seen on a global scale . He is a Swe dish centre forward/striker for the French club PSG (Paris Saint - Germain) Zlatan Ibrahimovic But I wonder how much George earned in the 1960/70's compared to how much Zlatan would be earning right this very moment? , and just how popular and well known is Zlatan now compared to the one and only all-time great George best Earnings and po p ularity. Back in the 1 960/70's when George Best was i n the prime of his career, he was most likely known by the entire of Northern Ireland (his home country) and the whole of England (the country and league he played in) World wide George wouldn't have been known t hat well because not many people wo uld have watched football on T.V so if he went to Spain and walked around in the streets no one would just instantly recognise him. Zlatan on the other hand is known by pretty much every single person on the planet who follows football. If Ibrahimovic was walking around the streets of Australia right this very moment even people who do not follow soccer would recognise him and go ask for an autograph or photo. George B est earned roughly 20 pounds a week at the start of the career and by the end of his career he was earning about 1,000pounds per week, this is absolutely nothing compared to Zlatan Ibrahimovic who now a days earns a staggering 2,62,500 euros a week !!!!!!!! Zlatan I brahimovic' s earnings per week, month, year: Annual Salary 9,000,000 Salary Per Month 7,50,000 Salary Per Week 2,62,500 Salary Per Day 37,500 Salary Per Hour 4687 Salary Per Minute 78 Salary Per Second 1 30 Cents Endorsement $2.5Million So Zlatan is earning 78 euros a minute.. That is more than most people earn in a week at M acca's (M c D onalds) ! Conclusion I think that after you have read this you will have released that even if George Best was arguably the best football player ever to live, he still didn't earn that much at all compared to other jobs were as now a days footballers earn huge amounts of money such as Zlatan. I think this shows just how much the economy has changed in the last 40/50 years. Bibliography: http://en.wikipedia.org www.georgebest.com www.footballwood.com