Ibrahimovic: I decided to leave AC Milan last summer, then … pg. All

KOMPAS.com – Zlatan Ibrahimovic admitted that he had decided to retire at AC Milan last summer, but he changed his mind. What is the reason?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic came to AC Milan in January from LA Galaxy on a free transfer.

Ibrahimovic returns to AC Milan after being separated for approximately seven years.

He had strengthened for AC Milan mid 2010-2012 and presented the 2010-2011 season scudetto.

On this second occasion, Ibrahimovic was only given six months to wear the red and black shirt.

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Although brief, the Swedish bomber could actually lift AC Milan’s “degrees”.

He was able to help AC Milan achieve their target of qualifying for European competition (Europa League) by finishing sixth in the standings Italian League 2019-2020.

After the season ended, Ibrahimovic’s stint at AC Milan was finished because his contract had expired.

The 39-year-old striker decided not to continue his career at AC Milan and returned to Sweden.

Ibrahimovic has already informed Stefano Pioli of his decision and the AC Milan coach can accept it.

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In an interview with AC Milan legend, Massimo Ambrosini, recently, Ibrahimovic admitted that family factors were the reason for hanging his shoes at that time.

“Pioli asked me what I wanted to do next. I replied:” No, I will not continue (the contract), “he said. Goal, Saturday (5/12/2020).

“Enough. My family is also important. I am here alone, this is a sacrifice. For six months I have been fine, but I don’t want to stay another year,” said Ibrahimovic.

“Then, Pioli said to me: ‘OK, I respect you, okay’,” said Ibrahimovic imitating Pioli’s sentence.

The next day, Ibrahimovic recounts, he and Pioli spoke again, but his decision did not change.

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“The next day we spoke again: ‘No, I have decided to retire. Forget the contract, at this age it doesn’t matter’,” said Ibrahimovic.

However, in the end Ibrahimovic “softened up”. He changed his mind and is willing to stay at AC Milan for one more season.

“Then something changed. I didn’t want to experience regrets. I called Milan and decided to go (back). However, at first I didn’t want to extend the contract,” he said.

One thing that keeps Ibrahimovic steady in continuing his career is his recovery after suffering a severe knee injury while at Manchester United in 2017.

“After the injury, I told myself to continue as long as I could survive,” said the former striker Juventus that.

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“Without football, who am I? When you don’t do what you have been doing for 25 years, it’s not easy. Am I ready (to retire)? No, because I feel too good,” he added.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic proved himself not exhausted, despite approaching a head age of four.

He leads the Italian League top scorer list with a collection of 10 goals, two goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus).

His scoring goals also made AC Milan firmly at the top of the Italian League standings with a collection of 23 points from nine matches.

They are five points ahead of city rivals, Inter Milan, who are trailing in second place.

However, Ibrahimovic currently has to rest for a moment. Hamstring injury in the match against Napoli, at the end of November, forced Ibrahimovic to only be a spectator.

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Since his injury, Ibrahimovic has missed three AC Milan matches in all competitions.

Ibrahimovic also could not appear when AC Milan visited Sampdoria headquarters in the 10th week of the Italian League, Monday (7/12/2020) in the morning WIB.

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