Is This The Most Homoerotic Sports Photo Ever?

Zlatan Ibrahamaimpossibletospell is the Swedish footballer right now. Larsson and Ljungberg have had their allotted and now there is a new king in town. Every move the man makes is covered in excruciating detail by the Swedish tabloid press. As an example, today's Aftonbladet has a two-page spread on the new flat he has just bought in Turin.

(At this point I should mention that I only buy Aftonbladet on Wednesdays as it has the best TV guide)

Anyway, apparently he got sent off this evening in the game against Rome. Dagens Nyheter have illustrated the event using this photo:

Photo from Dagens Nyheter's Website

It is clearly very manly. Zlatan (the chap in the black and white striped top and dark hair) clearly has some kind of beef with the guy in orange and it would appear that, due to the presence of a whistle, the guy in blue is the referee (is there a single league in the world at all these days where the referee wears the traditional black uniform?). All well and good.

Expressen, in their infinite wisdom, used this picture:

Photo from Expressen's Website

Which is clearly one of the, if not the, most homoerotic photographs in the history of sports photography. He's not trying to hurt that guy, there's love in them there eyes. The photograph simply ripples with passion as if years of keeping their love secret has finally taken its toll and they just can't hold it in anymore.

If I were Zlatan's latest squeeze I'd be very, very worried.

M Panda