Blanc claims that the future of the 31-year-old has been on his mind, but he has refused to confirm whether PSG will be able to keep him. “It was just a case of when, because he scores an enormous amount of goals and will continue to do so”, Paris coach Laurent Blanc told beIN Sports.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The name conjures images of bunned hair, incredible goals by the truckload, tons of titles won, and memorable quotes galore.
The 6ft 5in striker has scored ten goals in 11 Ligue 1 games this season and despite Chelsea’s striking problems – with Diego Costa only netting three times in the Premier League this term – it would still be a massive surprise if the Blues signed Ibrahimovic.
“He has been, he is and he may still be vital to PSG’s project”, Blanc said. “His contract will run until June 2016 so it’s more about what the player wants to do”. The reigning champions are provisionally 16 points clear of SM Caen in second place and remain unbeaten this season.
PSG opened the scoring when Ibrahimovic flicked a pass up to midfielder Blaise Matuidi, who headed it back and Ibrahimovic set up Cavani for his ninth league goal of the campaign.
Bodmer then sent a free header straight to Kevin Trapp from a free-kick and Nice’s hopes of taking anything from the game were killed in the 44th minute. Meanwhile, Paris dominated proceedings with their extra man, and both Ibrahimovic and Ángel Di María came close before the former got his second of the night, and 12th in Ligue 1 this season.
Nice’s goalkeeper Yoan Cardinale, right, reacts against PSG’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, during the … Ibrahimovic confidently beat Cardinale from the spot.
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Ibrahimovic – taken off 15 minutes from the end – gave his jersey to a delighted young boy who approached the bench to ask him for it.
