Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been a thorn in Zlatan's side for years.
For longer than he probably cares to remember, Mr Ibrahimovic has had to put up with so-called experts telling him these two upstarts are in competition for the title of 'world's best player'.
For The Great Man, this was the ultimate insult; an indignity he had to suffer time and again. After all, the assumption there were only two players in contention for the title forgot one key thing.
Incredibly, since the beginning of last season, Zlatan has scored more goals than both Ronaldo and Messi.
With his 50 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in 2015/16 and 24 for United in 2016/17 (so far), the big Swede is now ahead of both his (so-called) rivals in the race to be crowned the world's best goalscorer.
But that won't come as any big surprise to the man himself. Suggesting that Zlatan wasn't the best of the best would simply get you one of these wonderfully withering glares:
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