Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has no plans to retire while he is feeling fit, insisting "ego" would not play a part in his decision. (More Football News)
After an impressive start to the season, Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has no plans to retire
Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has no plans to retire while he is feeling fit, insisting "ego" would not play a part in his decision. (More Football News)
Ibrahimovic made a superb start to the season with Serie A leaders Milan, scoring 11 goals in 10 games, before suffering a hamstring injury last month.
The veteran striker has impressed since returning to the Serie A club at the start of the year, although talk about his future continues after he turned 39 in October.
But Ibrahimovic, who is contracted until the end of the season, said he wanted to continue while he could.
"As long as I will continue to feel good.바카라 웹사이트Because when the years go by, we no longer talk about quality, but only about how you are physically," he told Sky Sport.바카라 웹사이트
"If you are physically well you can do it, like [Francesco] Totti.바카라 웹사이트But it applies to everyone.바카라 웹사이트It is not a lack of quality, if one is in the right physical condition he can do it.바카라 웹사이트
"That's the important thing, losing quality is impossible.바카라 웹사이트It's whether you can do it physically or not."
Ibrahimovic returned to Europe at the start of the year after two seasons with LA Galaxy.
The former Sweden international said he would be realistic about his future, revealing he headed to MLS after uncertainty about whether he could still deliver in Europe.
"Because you still think you are stronger, you still think you can, and you are not realistic in understanding that maybe you can't do it anymore.바카라 웹사이트And I don't have this ego, I'm realistic," Ibrahimovic said.
"Why did I go to America?바카라 웹사이트Because I wanted to start from scratch, I thought that, perhaps, after the injury, I would no longer be able to do the things I did before at Manchester United.바카라 웹사이트I told [Jose] Mourinho, 'Don't call me anymore, with all due respect I am no longer the Ibra I was before.'바카라 웹사이트I was being realistic towards myself, my ego went down, so I went to America to start from scratch.바카라 웹사이트
"I didn't know what awaited me, but after two years I felt alive and I said, 'Let's go back to Europe and see if I can do it or not.'바카라 웹사이트That's why I signed up for six months, to evaluate myself.바카라 웹사이트I have my vision, my confidence, but then it all depends on the results on the pitch.바카라 웹사이트
"It is one thing to have vision and trust and then step into the field only to be told you can't take it anymore.바카라 웹사이트It doesn't really matter what people say – because you don't have to be influenced from outside – you have to trust.바카라 웹사이트That's why I say it's all ego."
After signing a short-term deal with Milan, Ibrahimovic committed to the club for 2020-21 in August – but said he had initially told coach Stefano Pioli he was leaving.
"I'll tell you how it went.바카라 웹사이트Pioli asks me, 'What do you want to do?'바카라 웹사이트I reply, 'In my opinion, I am not going forward'.바카라 웹사이트I said, 'No, I don't continue.바카라 웹사이트That's enough.'"