There are not many football players who admitted their “gay moments”, especially among athletes. Former Inter and Everton winger Andy van der Meyde is one of the rare ones, and his moment came with no other than Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He kissed him and lived to tell the tale.Zlatan Ibrahimovic killed a lion in South Africa?The now-retired Dutch international was once a teammate with Ibra, in the early days, when they were both playing for Ajax Amsterdam (2001-2003). Van der Meyde recently revealed a prank he made with his Swedish teammate while they were on the bus. We are talking about a bunch of future stars in Ajax’s team back then, with Ibrahimovic, van der Vaart, and van der Meyde being some of them.“When we were at Ajax, I always sat next to Zlatan on the bus. Once when he was sleeping I got gay tendencies and just kissed him on the mouth. Seconds later, I got a couple of slaps” van der Meyde told Dutch TV show VTBL.🗣️”I used to sit next to Zlatan on the bus when we were at Ajax. One time when he was sleeping I got gay tendencies and I just kissed him on the mouth. Seconds later I got a few punches thrown at me.”-Andy van der Meyde pic.twitter.com/9UuaFKoyTz— Kelvin De Patron (@KelvinNkrumah19) July 18, 2021 Their career paths soon went in different directions. While Zlatan went on to perform in the biggest clubs in Europe and the world, van der Meyde was sold to Inter Milan, but couldn’t secure a regular spot. He moved to England where he played for Everton, before eventually returning to Holland and signed for PSV Eindhoven as a free agent and retired in 2012.More Ibrahimovic controversy after lockdown restaurant ‘meeting’He had problems during his career, not only with injuries, but fitness also, and he started drinking while in Italy, which he continued in England after his newborn baby girl was hospitalized. He cheated on his wife and got divorced, turning to cocaine, gambling, and alcohol. Eventually, he managed to get back to normal life, but he didn’t appreciate his time in Everton.When Aston Villa’s Anwar El Ghazi was linked with the Toffies in 2019, Van der Meyde gave him advice:“Don’t do it. What a s*** club. Don’t do it! There you go broke. Just look at me”.
