Zlatan Ibrahimovic has told Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho he doesn’t want special treatment.
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Ibrahimovic has been in superb form for Manchester United since linking up with the club earlier this summer following the expiry of his contract at Paris Saint-Germain.
Ibrahimovic was signed at United to assist with the development of young talents such as England striker Marcus Rashford, providing the former Barcelona and AC Milan striker with the ideal platform to practice his coaching abilities. He admitted, also, to previously rejecting offers from Arsenal and Manchester City before he signed for the Red Devils.
“I was close to moving to the Premier League twice – once with Arsenal and then Manchester City”, said Ibrahimovic.
However, Ibrahimovic confessed that Mourinho’s arrival at United convinced him to make the switch to the Premier League.
The thought of Zlatan in the dugout in the Premier League gets us very excited. He knows what he needs to do to win.
But while Arsene Wenger and Man City were unable to persuade the striker to test himself in the Premier League, Ibrahimovic says he could not say no to Mourinho after winning the Serie A title with the Portuguese coach at Inter Milan in 2009.
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According to a report in the Sun, the Swedish forward has notified manager Jose Mourinho of his intention to take his badges at the beginning of 2017, with an eye to a coaching role in Italy when he hangs up his boots.
