News about Zlatan Ibrahimovic

A return would see him smash Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Serie A outfield player age record by seven years but he thinks it is possible. The oldest ever player to feature in Serie A is goalkeeper Marco Ballotta, who turned out for Lazio aged 44 years, one month, and eight days in 2008.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: The 43-year-old was proud to show off his latest battle scars on Sunday afternoon as he shared a photograph of a ghastly cut on his head. Ibrahimovic needed stitches for the bloody gash and treated fans to before and after snaps, with the latter fortunately looking far more bearable.

OLIVER HOLT: There are many things that are wonderful about American sport, things that make them utterly addictive and enthralling and inspiring, but their occasional readiness to accept the relocation of their teams to new cities at the whim of their owners - usually for financial benefit, of course - is not one of them. It is part of the reason why a shudder goes through me every time I hear suits at American broadcasting giant NBC saying they have their sights set on persuading our clubs to play two games on the opening weekend of a Premier League season in the United States.

The UEFA Champions League returned on Tuesday night for its 33rd edition since the 1992 rebrand and things were a little different. For the first time ever, all the teams involved were in one giant league, rather than groups of four. There was also a new broadcaster on the block, with Amazon Prime having secured the rights to show one blockbuster clash every Tuesday.

CHRIS WHEELER IN ROTTERDAM: As his £36.5millon transfer to Manchester United moved closer in May, Joshua Zirkzee headed back to his very first club to keep fit on the grass pitch there. A black Porsche roared down the quiet lanes of Spijkenisse, south west of Rotterdam, and pulled up at VV Hekelingen where Zirkzee emerged with two mates and a bag of footballs. They were out of luck. 'He came here in a big car with a lot of noise,' said club groundsman Hans van Bodegom. 'First of all, I told him to slow down because there were a lot of kids about. Then I said they couldn't train on the main pitch. "That (the astroturf) is for you!".

Zlatan Ibrahimovic joked with CBS Sports presenters on Saturday asking where Champions League hosts Thierry Henry, Kate Abdo and Micah Richards were, as he appeared on the broadcaster's Serie A show. The legendary Swedish striker was a guest on the show ahead of AC Milan's shock 2-1 Serie A defeat against Parma. The 42-year-old joined Italian football legend Fabio Cannavaro, Mike Grella, former Leeds star Mike Grella and presenters Poppy Miller and Mike Messina.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: If you're good enough, you're old enough, as the old adage goes, and in the modern game we're seeing countless youngsters show they're more than ready to make the step up while still in their teens. Though players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are showing that you can play at the top level beyond a more conventional retirement age, there is a growing emphasis on snapping up starlets still in their teens. We've already seen players too young to legally drink alcohol or even drive thrive on the biggest stages with Lamine Yamal winning the European Championship this summer just a day after his 17th birthday - and he's not the only one. 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE DALY IN KATOWICE, POLAND: When Oleksandr Usyk invites me to join him for training, it's usually in a gym, surrounded by heavy bags and sparring partners. But this time it's different. In Katowice, a Polish city 585 miles from Kyiv, Usyk laces up a pair of football boots and joins Polissya Football Club's final session before their Europa Conference League qualifier against Olympia. 'When I was younger I always supported Manchester United', Usyk tells Mail Sport after training. 'I was a fan of Gary Neville and others like David Beckham. They were a hard team to play against then. But in terms of my favourite footballers, they were probably the likes of Andriy Shevchenko, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo - the old one with the teeth. Obviously Messi and the other Ronaldo were great players for me too.

A video taken before Saturday night's pre-season friendly between Manchester City and AC Milan has gone viral. It featured a frosty reunion between former Barcelona stars Pep Guardiola and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. City manager Guardiola appeared to seek out Ibrahimovic, who now works as an advisor for Milan's owners, before they shook hands. Ibrahimovic later shared the clip via his Instagram account alongside the caption: 'Just a friendly game'. However, the relationship between Guardiola and Ibrahimovic has been famously unfriendly in recent years.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic brutally mocked Manchester City ahead of their friendly against AC Milan. Pep Guardiola's side suffered a 3-2 defeat against AC Milan in New York as they continued their pre-season preparations. Ibrahimovic, who played Manchester United between 2016 and 2018, appeared on City's livestream ahead of the game and asked 'Do you have any viewers for this?'.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic 's son Maximilian has signed his first professional contract with Serie A giants AC Milan . Ibrahimovic Sr hung up his boots in 2023 and bade a heartfelt - and very emotional - farewell to Milan fans, having been plagued by knee injuries in the latter years of his career. He swiftly has joined RedBird Capital Partners as an operating partner, serving as a senior advisor to the club's ownership and senior management firm. In this role he collaborates with its global investment team and support the firm's investment portfolio across sports, media and entertainment.

A slew of notable figures travelled to Berlin's Olympiastadion to watch Spain 's triumph against England in the Euros 2024 final yesterday. Nestled among the thousands of fans was British and Spanish royalty, as well as leading politicians and sports stars. (Pictured 1. David Gill 2. Keir Starmer 3. Debbie Hewitt 4. Prince George 5. Prince William 6. Aleksander Ceferin 7. King Felipe of Spain  8. Infanta Sofia of Spain 9. Lisa Nandy 10. Gareth Bale 11. Luis Figo 12. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 13. Marco Materazzi)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced that a former Premier League star has been demoted to AC Milan's youth team after being told he is no longer part of the club's plans. Since hanging up his boots following a second spell with the Rossoneri in 2023, Ibrahimovic has served as a senior advisor at the Serie A club and has clearly retained his characteristic abrasiveness in his new role. After finishing a distant second to runaway leaders Inter last season, Stefano Pioli has set about improving his side for the coming campaign.

Broja has struggled to make the grade at Stamford Bridge, while he didn't make a single Premier League start during his loan spell at Fulham in the second-half of this past season. The Blues are considering offers for the forward who is deemed surplus to requirements at the Premier League giants.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic fought back tears as Sweden fans paid a touching tribute to their nation's greatest-ever player on Saturday night. Jon Dahl Tomasson's side were handily beaten 3-0 by England's opening Euro 2024 opponents at the Friends Arena but that didn't dampen the heartwarming reception for the former striker, who called time on his career last June. After walking out on the pitch through a guard of honour, the 42-year-old took to a podium in the centre circle and was visibly emotional as the packed stadium serenaded their icon.

EURO WATCH: This is how you prepare for a major tournament. Not stuttering to a lame 1-0 defeat at home to Iceland like England but with a fanfare and a flourish. Serbia showed Gareth Southgate's side how it's done with a rampant 3-0 victory over Sweden courtesy of goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Tadic. It took Serbia 18 minutes to break the deadlock at the Friends Arena in Stockholm as legendary Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic watched on from the stands.

Juan Mata has revealed how Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced himself to the Manchester United squad upon his arrival at the club. Ibrahimovic is known for his strong self-belief and was full of confidence when he arrived at United in 2016. By that stage in his career Ibrahimovic had already played for many major clubs, including Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain.

Mourinho (right), who was fired at Old Trafford in 2018 after a two-and-a-half-year spell, suggested that Ten Hag (left) has been given more backing by the hierarchy than he had and believes results would have improved under him had he been trusted. During his rollercoaster tenure, Mourinho was given the green light to splash almost £90million on Paul Pogba (top right) and also brought in striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (bottom right). Ten Hag, on the other hand, has spent big on the likes of Antony (bottom left), Rasmus Hojlund (top left), Mason Mount, Casemiro and Andre Onana - many of whom have struggled this year.

Once they step out of the eye of the storm it is easier for players and managers to see just how destabilising Paris Saint-Germain's obsession to win the Champions League has been. 'The pressure for the Champions League was too strong,' now-Chelsea centre back Thiago Silva, who spent eight years at PSG, told Le Parisien last year. 'It was something that hurt me because I saw the situation change, and the pressure increased to win. But that's not how you win. It's a question of consistency year after year.'

In an ultimate blend between Brazilian samba football and gut-busting boxing, Tyson Fury posted a snapshot with Ronaldo Nazario. On Instagram, he wrote, 'Just a few celebrities hanging out.' They were up bright and early in the morning, just a few blocks ahead of Anthony Joshua's blockbuster bust-up with Francis Ngannou in Riyadh.

PATEL IN JEDDAH: Oliver Bearman qualified in 11th place for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Saturday after completing Q1, but his final lap in Q2 was just 0.036 seconds too late to place him in the top ten. Just hours before qualifying in Jeddah, the Essex-born teenager was informed that he would replace Carlos Sainz after the Spaniard was disqualified from the competition due to a diagnosis of appendicitis, which necessitated immediate surgery.

Wayne Rooney's adversary in the boxing ring may be Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a former Manchester United teammate. Rooney has declined to rule out participating in a high-profile battle supervised by Misfits Boxing of the United Kingdom. Ibrahimovic, according to analyst and former boxer Paulie Malignaggi, could be the surprise opponent if Rooney steps into the ring.

Despite the club being linked to a change for Antonio Conte, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has given his support to new AC Milan manager Stefano Pioli. Since losing his job at Spurs, the former Tottenham Hotspur manager has been out of work, and reportedly held talks with the Italian club last month. Conte is reported to have spoken with former Milan striker Ibrahimovic, who now works as the club's senior advisor, about replacing Pioli next season. In a brief and immediate reaction to his new manager, the Swedish superstar has now poured his complete support behind him. 'He is our coach, and we are content with him,' Ibrahimovic confirmed the love behind Pioli by stating, 'He is our coach and we are thrilled with him.'

AADAM PATEL: The future is a product of Ajax, De Toekomst's, and with nine football pitches (and two more to come), Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Kluivert, Edwin Van der Sar, Luis Suarez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and many other illustrious footballing names have all passed through in their careers. The word "Ajax for the future" is emblazoned in red and white on the training ground and inside the stadium. Almost as if there is an official acknowledgement from the marketing department that the four-time European Cup champions are just a feeder team. The truth is that promising players come to Ajax, develop, and then be offloaded to the Premier League's riches, which is precisely why the signing of Jordan Henderson on a two-and-a-year contract worth £120K per week has triggered such commotion in these regions.