What are the ingredients required for a perfect modern day footballer?
In X: Men Origins: Wolverine, Colonel William Striker embarks on a mission to create the perfect mutant – an amalgamation of the best attributes of the mutant superheros the Marvel franchise have to offer - the healing factor, speed, strength and agility of Wade Wilson (Deadpool) is augmented with aim (Agent Zero), teleportation (John Wraith), optic blasts (Cyclops) and admantium katanas inside his arms (Wolverine) to create the ‘perfect mutant’.If Colonel Stryker ever felt the need to create a new kind of footballing superhero, or if we did and had somehow found access to Project X, he/we might want to look at incorporating the best qualities of the best footballers on the planet to create one unstoppable phenomenon – the perfect modern day footballer.*Authors note – I have only used players who are currently active. The views expressed are my own. Would love to hear your pick of athlete/attribute in the comments section
#11 The unpredictability of Zlatan Ibrahimovic
How do you defend against something when you are not really sure what is going to get thrown at you? As shown by any number of action movies, if ever as humans have to off against Skynet's cyborgs, unpredictability is the greatest asset that mankind has in its arsenal to emerge victorious.
And Zlatan Ibrahimovic is nothing if not unpredictable. Capable of scoring with anything from powerful headers to acrobatic flying taekwondo kicks, from thunderous volleys to insouciant chips, Zlatan does what Zlatan wants to do.
A larger-than-life personality both on and off the field, Zlatan uses his exceptional physical attributes (flexibility, agility, strength), amazing footballing abilities (he can kill a bullet dead in its tracks with one lazy flick of his boots, he has the accuracy and power of an intercontinental missile launcher in both his legs and he has the control of a wizard when on the ball) and arrogant self-confidence to construct in reality what happens in that mega PlayStation game that is his footballing brain.
Attributes to be picked up – Unpredictability, Larger than life personality, Taekwondo black belt, All round awesomeness