{"id":590287,"date":"2021-05-04T13:13:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=590287"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:53:48","slug":"romelu-lukaku-ibrahimovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/04\/romelu-lukaku-ibrahimovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Romelu Lukaku Appears to Tell Zlatan Ibrahimovic to &#8216;Bow Down&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romelu Lukaku continued his spat with Zlatan Ibrahimovic by posting a message seemingly aimed at his former teammate on Twitter. Lukaku appears to have labelled himself &#8216;the king&#8217; and told Ibrahimovic to &#8216;bow down&#8217; to him.<\/p>\n<h2>Lukaku Continues War of Words with Ibrahimovic<\/h2>\n<h3>Inter Milan&#8217;s Scudetto Was Used as an Opportunity to Take Another Dig at Ibrahimovic<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/04\/romelu-lukaku-inter-milan\/\" target=\"_self\">Inter<\/a> were crowned Italian champions on Sunday after Atalanta&#8217;s draw with Sassuolo, ending Juventus&#8217; domination of Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian used his side&#8217;s 4-2 victory in February last season as an opportunity to take a dig at Ibrahimovic by posting a picture of himself saying &#8220;there&#8217;s a new king in town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His Swedish counterpart replied after a 2-1 victory for AC Milan eight months later by posting a picture of himself to Instagram with the caption: &#8220;Milano never had a king, they have a GOD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lukaku, who has been one of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/04\/romelu-lukaku-inter-milan\/\" target=\"_self\">Antonio Conte&#8217;s key players<\/a> this season, was then involved in an altercation during a Coppa Italia game in January which earned both players a one-match ban.<\/p>\n<p>The soon-to-be 28-year-old again used social media to poke at Ibrahimovic in a post that read: &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The real god <\/span>has crowned the king! Now bow down Il nostro dio ha incoronato i Re! Ora inchinatevi! King of Milano.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The real god \u271d\ufe0f<br \/>\nhas crowned the king!<br \/>\nNow bow down<\/p>\n<p>Il nostro dio \u271d\ufe0f ha incoronato i Re!<br \/>\nOra inchinatevi!<\/p>\n<p>King of Milano \ud83d\ude09\ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n0gAiYWFTp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/n0gAiYWFTp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R.Lukaku Bolingoli9 (@RomeluLukaku9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RomeluLukaku9\/status\/1389237257345830913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>More of This Will Likely Come<\/h3>\n<p>News of Ibrahimovic&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11863\/12283939\/zlatan-ibrahimovic-ac-milan-striker-signs-new-contract-extension-with-serie-a-club\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contract extension<\/a> with AC Milan in April would suggest that the striker is not willing to leave the sport while his rivals in Inter and Lukaku are on top.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old was part of the last Milan side to win the Scudetto and appeared on course to bring the crown back to the red side of Milan for much of this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahimovic also returned to the Swedish national team ahead of this summer&#8217;s European Championships. 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Lukaku appears to have labelled himself &#8216;the king&#8217; and told Ibrahimovic to &#8216;bow down&#8217; to him. 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