IBRACADABRA
MY MAGIC WILL FIRE RED DEVILS TO THE TITLE
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC is promising to be the magician who can help Manchester United win the Premier League title this season.
The striker signed on at Old Trafford for another season, even though Jose Mourinho still does not expect him to return until the new year following knee surgery.
Ibrahimovic, 35, is understood to be on
less than the £350,000-aweek he made last season, but says: “There were a couple of teams reaching out, wanting Ibra-cadabra in their team, but I had such a great year with United.”
Typical of the superconfident Swede, he posted a divine picture of himself arm wrestling the devil on social media to coincide with the announcement. He said: “In the Premier League there are many which are top six. You’ll still have Chelsea, you have Liverpool, I think Everton are not to underestimatedmated because they haveve a great coach and d investing a lot.
“You have Arsenal and City. So I think it will look like last year, but this year the Red Devils will be on top.” United did not want to lose him after spending months working on his comeback from kneekn surgery. He scoredscor 28 goals in 46 games beforeb his cruciate ligament injury in April and added: “I come back to finish what I started. I never left, I just upgraded my number.”
Mourinho (left) claims Ibrahimovic has earned a new deal. “After last season, he deserves our trust and we’ll be patient waiting for him to return,” said the United boss.