Zlatan scores in the 82nd and gets a little bit of help on his first for Barcelona

Not a bad way to endear yourself to the Barca faithful.

For the ladies…

Craziness to see what it’s like behind the scenes… Even though this feels a bit stalker-ish.

Looks like the BP_TOW crew saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic live for his last game in an Inter Milan uniform as he’s left Jose Mourinho’s pre-season preparations to sign on the Zlatan X Barcelona - Eto’o X Inter dotted line.

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He was a part of 2009 / 10 Jersey release show despite the fact that President Massimo Moratti went on record admitting they were in discussions with Barcelona over a Zlatan Ibrahimovic / Samuel Eto’o swap. Now that the clubs have come to an agreement over the 27 year old Swedish International and 28 year old Cameroonian International, it’s all down to the individual wage agreement and personal terms for the swap to be official.

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It was all talk and rumors until Inter Milan President and Oil Tycoon Massimo Moratti confirmed that he and his other half at Barcelona, Juan Laporta are locked in talks over Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto’o switchin clubs. (more…)

Sports Illustrated featured its Fortunate 50 list, displaying the top earning American athletes, and as you probably guessed it, its topped by Tiger Woods, who earned close to $100 milli in 2008($99,737,626 to be exact according to Fortune). This is crazy when you think that the figure is bigger than the next two guys combined, Phil Mickelson($52m) and LeBron James($42m). Its even crazier when you remembered that he missed half of the season because he was trying to play golf(and winning) with a blown out knee and a broken leg! Yesterday I tried to play golf slightly hung and my swing looked like I didn’t know my arse from my elbow.

Anyways, this is a futbol site and it is definitely It’s boom time for foreign-born athletes. Despite the slow economy, the average earnings of the top 20 non-American sportsmen are at an all-time high $29.5 million. In all, this year’s list features seven soccer players. See who they are are where they rank internationally after the jump (more…)