It is unclear what will happen to the statue of Zlatan. The moderates' proposal is to keep it away from the public at the moment, which Sydsvenskan was the first to report.

- Football and MFF have a unifying force in Malmö, but the statue has now caused a divide in the city and therefore it cannot remain, says Torbjörn Tegnhammar, moderate opposition council in Malmö.

When the statue can be picked up again Tegnhammar does not know, but believes that you get to feel the soul of the people in the city.

- If it comes up again in the near future, it is on Zlatan what he wants to do to change the image of Malmö residents, Tegnhammar told SVT News Skåne.

To be retained in Malmö

It was after Zlatan Ibrahimovic became a partner in Hammarby that the recently erected statue of the football player was vandalized and finally the girl is taken down for restoration.

Enraged votes have demanded that the statue be removed and a possible move to Stockholm has been discussed. Torbjörn Tegnhammar thinks that the statue of Zlatan still belongs in Malmö.

- All this caterpillar that it is going to Stockholm I think is rude, it is a valuable property for the Malmö residents.

But don't you give those who vandalized the statue right if you take it away and store it?

- We should not do it for their sake. The reason is that football should be a unifying force, not a divisive one as it is right now, says Tegnhammar.

The statue after the vandalization. Photo: Mikael Nilsson / SVT