AC Milan is about to extend Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s contract for another year, reports La Gazzetta dello Sport† The Swedish striker is currently recovering from an operation on his knee and is not available for the time being. Despite this, his presence is valued and the reigning national champion likes to keep him on board. It is expected that Ibrahimovic will not be available until January 2023.
Ibrahimovic returned to AC Milan in 2020 and promised the fans to bring in the Scudetto. The Swede succeeded and as a result i Rossoneric champion of Italy for the first time since 2011. Ibrahimovic appeared in 23 games for AC Milan last season and scored 8 goals. The club management would like to reward him for those figures and it is expected that the forty-year-old attack leader will talk about a new contract with the club next week.
Ibrahimovic will most likely not be doing actual minutes in 2022. The Swede is recovering from knee surgery and will not be available again until January. According to Ibrahimovic, the operation should have been done much earlier, as he played without a cruciate ligament for six months. “I had a swollen knee for six months because there was no cruciate ligament in it,” he told Instagram. suffered so much on and off the field, but I had to make my teammates and coach the champion of Italy, because that’s what I promised them.”
Ibrahimovic started his career in the youth of Malmö FF. He first played for AC Milan in 2010 via Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale and Barcelona. The forward has played a total of 159 appearances for the current Serie A champions, scoring 92 goals over two periods. In total, the top striker scored 492 times in his entire career. In his international career with Sweden, he scored 62 goals in 121 matches. Last year, the contract with the attacker was also extended by a year.
Related
More sports news
