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ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC is reportedly a summer target for Manchester United, with the 34-year-old a free agent in the close season when his contract at Paris Saint-German expires.
Ibrahimovic is known to be open to playing in the Premier League and United are considering moving for him in the next transfer window, according to the French newspaper L’Equipe.
The Swedish striker is represented by Mino Raiola, who stated that his client had a clear plan of where he wished to play when departing PSG.
“We know what we want but we won’t say anything until the summer when the season is over,” Raiola told the Swedish newspaper Expressen.
“We have a clear idea of what we want to do.
“I know what he’s counting on doing but we don’t want you to know for the moment.”
Whether or not United do try to sign Ibrahimovic will rest on who is the manager in place for next season. The future of Louis van Gaal is in some doubt.
Meanwhile, if van Gaal is fighting for his Manchester United future after the humbling defeat at Liverpool in the Europa League, his defiant response was to point out that his side were still fighting on three fronts and claim his three-year plan is working.
“We are in three different competitions, and at this stage of the season a lot of other teams and managers cannot say that,” he argued. “We still have the chance to win something.”
That is one way of looking at it, and perhaps one should not blame a beleaguered manager for trying to stay positive.
It is just that another equally accurate summary of Manchester United’s situation might be that they are hanging on in Europe by a thread after Anfield, have dropped back to sixth in the league and have more or less abandoned hope of a top-four finish, and could be out of the FA Cup by this evening unless they find new reserves of energy and ideas against an in-form and rested West Ham.
Van Gaal seemed as shocked as everyone else by the paucity of his side’s display against Liverpool, even if Jürgen Klopp’s team deserved credit for finally packing a punch against opponents they have lately been standing back and admiring. – The Guardian UK
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