Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed the quality of football in the Premier League was exactly as he anticipated when he signed for Manchester United.
The Sweden international played four seasons in the Netherlands’ Eredivisie, seven seasons in Italy’s Serie A, four seasons in France’s Ligue 1 and a year in Spain’s LaLiga, winning 12 domestic titles in total.
The 116-cap Sweden international finally made the move to the English top flight in July 2016, at the age of 34, and he explained how he anticipated he would need to adjust to English football.
Ibrahimovic netted 17 goals in 28 games during his first season at Old Trafford and the striker, now at LA Galaxy in the United States’ Major League Soccer, can only imagine what would have happened had he arrived in Manchester 10 years before now.
“It would be a different story. But I am more sorry for the fans for not coming earlier because they would have seen a different
Ibrahimovic revealed he could have made the move to England in 2011 after falling out of favour at Barcelona, but decided to return to Italy with AC Milan rather than join Manchester City. Had he arrived to the premier league earlier, he claimed, the league would have seen a different and vibrant animal in him.