Zlatan Ibrahimovic: The Swede proposed to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi to be sports director of PSG

With six goals in nine Serie A appearances this season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic continues to shine on the field despite his 40 years. Still, his career could have ended this summer as he revealed in his new autobiography “Adrenaline, my stories”, which will appear in January in France. Indeed, the Swedish international says he offered his services to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi to replace Leonardo as sports director, five years after leaving the club in the capital.

“I called the president and offered him: ‘If I don’t renew my contract with Milan, I will come to PSG and I will put your team in order.‘, explains the former Parisian according to an extract revealed Thursday by The team. Nasser laughed, but he didn’t say no … A Parisian player told me: ‘Zlatan, only you can restore order and bring discipline to the team’. Another told me: ‘Zlatan, if it was you, that thing in the locker room wouldn’t have happened‘”.

However, the Scandinavian does not regret continuing his playing career. The passion for the field was still too strong. “I would have gone to Paris, I would have watched the team’s training and I would have asked myself a thousand times: ‘Why did you stop?‘”, he said. Even if he did not take the plunge, Zlatan Ibrahimovic confirms having advised Kylian Mbappé to join Real Madrid last summer, as he said on Wednesday in an interview with Corriere della Serra.

Are these shattering words aimed at Leonardo, the current sports director of PSG? No, according to the former Parisian player. “I have nothing personal against him. On the contrary, I like it. Indeed, it is he who made me come to PSG. I can not blame him but I know the difference between us: me, I do not ask, I order. “Real Zlatan in the text.