{"id":541535,"date":"2026-07-14T20:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/541535\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:13:27","slug":"who-tops-zlatan-ibrahimovics-king-of-the-jungle-ahead-of-world-cup-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/541535\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Tops Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107’s ‘King Of The Jungle’ Ahead Of World Cup Semifinals?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Typically, one cannot be sure what or who they will encounter in the jungle. But this summer, one can expect to find Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 on the prowl.<\/p>\n

On that note, here’s Ibrahimovi\u0107’s latest “King of the Jungle” power rankings, which were revealed on Tuesday ahead of the 2026 World Cup<\/a> semifinal round match between France and Spain.<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

\"Rodri\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “For me, he’s a player that doesn’t get a lot of credit, but the football people who know [the game], they know who important he is.”<\/p>\n

9.<\/p>\n

\"Lamine<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 1 Goal<\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “Yamal, for me, is the best player in the world, but I want to see him explode in one game.”<\/p>\n

8.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 5 Assists<\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “He has dropped a little bit, but I want a goal from him.”<\/p>\n

7.<\/p>\n

\"Jude<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 6 Goals, 1 Assist<\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “After the last performance, Bellingham has been amazing for England.”<\/p>\n

6.<\/p>\n

\"Ousmane<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 5 Goals, 2 Assists<\/p>\n

Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 has formed part of a potent attacking trio for France alongside Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Michael Olise that has Les Bleus firing on all cylinders.<\/p>\n

5.<\/p>\n

\"Harry<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 6 Goals, 1 Assist<\/p>\n

Kane is in the mix for the Golden Boot chase alongside Three Lions teammate Jude Bellingham, as well as France’s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Argentina’s Lionel Messi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4.<\/p>\n

\"Erling<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 7 Goals<\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “He dropped a little bit [after Norway’s loss to England].”<\/p>\n

3.<\/p>\n

\"Kylian<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 8 Goals, 3 Assists<\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “Mbapp\u00e9 took the place of Haaland.”<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

\"Lionel<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: 8 Goals, 2 Assists<\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “He’s the best player, individually, so far in the tournament.”<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

\"Zlatan<\/a>2026 World Cup Stats: Being Zlatan Is Enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Zlatan Said: “One month of work. It has been the best tournament so far. Imagine what the other journalists feel when they talk: I do a better job than them. \u2026 Lions don’t compare themselves to humans.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Typically, one cannot be sure what or who they will encounter in the jungle. But this summer, one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9877,444,22095,49848,2226,53286,85,46,37158,19684,16259,54038,54324,8446,24846,32749,2727,105,214186],"class_list":["post-541535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-argentina","tag-england","tag-erling-haaland","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-france","tag-harry-kane","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jude-bellingham","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-lionel-messi","tag-michael-olise","tag-norway","tag-ousmane-dembele","tag-rodri","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-zlatan-ibrahimovic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}