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Paris Saint-Germain forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, has joked that he wants to see a statue of himself replace the Eiffel Tower after Paris’ Musee Grevin honoured the Swede with a waxwork on Monday.

The Sweden international became only the second footballer – after Pele – to be immortalised by the renowned museum, which has recognised his exploits for PSG, winning back-to-back league titles since joining them from Milan in 2012.

“It’s an incredible feeling to get a statue at the Musee Grevin,” the 33-year-old told RMC.

“The statue looks very focused, just like myself out there on the pitch. I can only be grateful for the fantastic job done. I am very proud to get this sort of recognition, especially as a Swede.

“It’s a big honour to have a statue in a great museum like the Grevin. I am very happy with it. The people can get really close to the statue and that was the objective.”

The museum was founded in 1882 by Arthur Meyer, a journalist for Le Gaulois, and named for its first artistic director, caricaturist Alfred Grevin. It is one of the oldest wax museums in Europe.

And the Sweden international is one of the best forward in Europe but he’s already dreaming of going a step further as he hopes to tower over the French capital one day.

“The next step? I don’t know… Maybe replacing the Eiffel Tower with an Ibrahimovic statue…”

Ibrahimovic has scored 16 goals in 23 games in all competitions for PSG this season.