Zlatan Ibrahimovic, never one to hide his light under a bushel, has said that should he end his global playing career he will rest easy knowing he has put both Sweden and France on the map.
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There are suggestions that if his side fail to qualify for next summer’s tournament, he might retire from worldwide football, and there are rumours that Sweden’s 10-time player of the year could move away from Paris next summer.
‘I would love to play in the European Championships in France, ‘ he said in a press conference.
Ibrahimovic has scored nine goals in 11 Ligue 1 matches so far this season. If I’m old and weak and doing what I do, I’m more than happy to continue like this’. I’m very happy for that’.
“If it’s over (for me) after the play-offs?”
” At Paris Saint-Germain we once lost to Evian in the cup and I was so angry I kicked a box and it hit Ibrahimovic on the head.”
Ibrahimovic has also become Sweden’s all-time record goalscorer in that time and he is hoping to fire his home country to Euro 2016 – which will be hosted by France – in their qualifier with Denmark.
They will then play the return leg in Denmark on Tuesday, with a place at the tournament in France hanging by a thread.
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The 34-year-old striker, who previously played for Juventus, Inter and AC Milan and Barcelona, made the claim after being asked if he wasn’t slowing down with age.
