The Catalan has come a long way since a disastrous performance against Borussia Dortmund in the group stages of the Champions League last season, when he was skinned by an effervescent German side.
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Ibrahimovic said he was surprised at seeing his former manager in such trouble, with Chelsea sitting 16th in the Premier League, but said that would not make PSG favourites for the clash.
“We can see we’re a team people don’t want to play against, because after beating Bayern and Chelsea, we feel like we can do it against any team”.
In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the French side’s winter trip to Qatar where they will play his old team Inter in a friendly, Ibrahimovic also hinted that next summer’s European Championships would be his last worldwide tournament and insisted he did not know where he would be playing next season.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (right) has scored 62 goals for Sweden in 111 matches.
Senior Chelsea management, including Russian owner Roman Abramovich, held a nine-hour meeting last week in the aftermath of the club’s defeat by Bournemouth, with Mourinho’s future the focus of the discussions.
If we can recall Ibrahimovich played under Jose Mourinho during Mourinho first season at Inter-Milan before he was sold to Barcelona, a deal that saw Samuel Eto’o move in the opposite direction.
“This is a player who is technically gifted but every player needs a physical base to work from”.
The French champions will play his old team Inter in Doha in a friendly on December 30.
“Looking at the calendar I don’t know how we will do”.
“We are not immune to injuries and suspensions and as soon as you have three or four players missing it becomes impossible to play all the competitions”.
Zouma will face Ibrahimovic in the Champions League and knows it will be a tough task to control him.
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“It’s easier to win the Coupe de la Ligue than the Coupe de France as that is poorly positioned relative to the Champions League”.
