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Zlatan Ibrahimovic criticizes LeBron James for activist role: 'Do the category that you do'

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has found a new way to say "stick to sports" and is aiming it at the most common target in Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.

Ibrahimovic, a former Los Angeles Galaxy star, doesn't approve of anyone with "status" getting involved in politics and took issue specifically with James.

Ibrahimovic doesn't approve of James' activism

Ibrahimovic, who is from Sweden, told UEFA and Discovery+ in Sweden James is "phenomenal, but I don't like when people with 'status' speak about politics at the same time as what they're doing.