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Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Why you might bet your shirt on an ageing star joining Man United

By Allsports.com.gh
Sports News Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Why you might bet your shirt on an ageing star joining Man United
JUN 14, 2016 LISTEN

It is not typical for footballers to secure a move to a club of Manchester United's standing in the twilight of their careers. But such is the allure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic that Old Trafford looks a likely final destination for the well-travelled Swede.

Semi-retirement outposts including the United States and China hold out hope of attracting the now former Paris Saint-Germain striker, but it is the greatest cash-cow of them all, the Premier League, leading the clamour to sample the delights of a colourful character who refers to himself only in the third person.

Amid heightening speculation that Ibrahimovic is about to be reunited with new United boss Jose Mourinho - the manager he described as the 'most intelligent' he had worked with while at Inter Milan - before Pep Guardiola lured him to Barcelona in 2009 - the Sweden international told the world: 'I have made my choice … the future is written.' In classic Zlatan style, he added: 'I just have to push the button.'

In April you could get 7-4 odds on Ibrahimovic moving to Old Trafford this summer. Those odds are now as tight as 1-12. So, as United procrastinated before offering long-serving midfielder Michael Carrick, 34, a recent one-year contract extension - the perception being his legs are not what they once were - where is the logic in drafting in another veteran of the same age?

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play Manchester United's Michael Carrick ( Martin Rickett/Press Association Images)

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