The Friday Boost: Zlatan puts the boot in for charity

Zlatan Ibrahimovic really can do no wrong at the moment. Fresh from single-handedly destroying England on Wednesday, he then decides to show his charitable side.

By Declan Whooley

Any football fan – besides possibly Joe Hart – would love to have the signed turquoise boots that the big man was wearing during his demolition job and his team-mate Jonas Olsson has come up with a clever idea.

Zlatan agreed to give the boots to the centre-half and he thought of a novel idea of raising funds for the Winnicott Foundation, a charity for premature and critically ill newborn babies.

Olsson is allowing people to donate a fiver to the charity in order to be in with a chance to win the boots. Once the figure reaches ?10,000 he will pick a winner at random.

The generous defender has also pledged to donate ?5,000 once it reaches that figure.

It is an excellent story and anyone wishing to help a charity while being in with a chance to win the boots can do so by clicking here.

The winner is surely going to try an overhead kick with the boots, just to see if they have any magical powers!