Ibrahimovic set to leave Old Trafford

Jose Mourinho expects Zlatan Ibrahimovic to leave Manchester United at the end of the campaign.

The 36-year-old Swedish striker became a fans’ favourite at Old Trafford last season, with 28 goals and numerous match-winning displays.

Ibrahimovic scored at Wembley in the EFL Cup and Community Shield successes, but serious knee ligament damage denied him a starring role as United won the Europa League in his homeland.

April’s quarter-final against Anderlecht looked to be the veteran’s last appearance for the club, only for him to be re-signed in August until the end of the 2017-18 campaign having impressed during his rehabilitation.

However, Ibrahimovic has not featured since Boxing Day after suffering a knee complaint and Mourinho now expects him to leave this summer as talk of a move to Los Angeles Galaxy rumbles on.

“For Zlatan, we all think it’s his last season at Manchester United,” the United boss said. “It will be a very personal decision for him to play or to stop. I think he won the right of choosing his life, his future, such an amazing player with such an amazing career that only that awful injury in the wrong moment broke a fantastic couple of seasons that he could and should have had with us.”