Zlatan Ibrahimovic will also be active for AC Milan next season. The 39-year-old striker has reached an agreement with his employer about the extension of his contract until mid-2022, Fabrizio Romano reports. Official confirmation is expected on Thursday. According to Goal Ibrahimovic will collect six million euros in the 2021/22 season.
Ibrahimovic’s contract extension did not come out of the blue. Previously, Paolo Maldini, the club’s technical director, confirmed that negotiations were finalized except for details. Ibrahimovic is again one of the supporting forces at AC Milan this season, which is in a creditable second place. The center forward has suffered several injuries and is now also eliminated with a muscle injury, but stands at a respectable number of fifteen goals in seventeen league games.
Ibrahimovic will celebrate his 40th birthday on October 3 and, thanks to his contract extension, still has a chance to become AC Milan’s oldest player ever. Before that, the Swedish attacker will add another season i Rossoneri have to stay, as the record is held by Alessandro Costacurta, who was 41 years and 25 days old at his last game. Behind this is Maldini with 40 years, 11 months and 5 days.
Ibrahimovic recently opted for a permanent return to the Swedish national team, after an absence of almost five years. The tall striker is preparing for his fifth European Championship as an international. He was also there at the final rounds of 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Ibrahimovic recently returned in the World Cup qualifying match with Georgia (1-0 win), while also having a starting place in the encounter with Kosovo (0-3 win). In the final game with Estonia (1-0 win), the attacker sat on the bench for ninety minutes.
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