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Zlatan: ‘I’m like fine wine that gets better with age’

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic insists he is getting better with age, rather like fine wine. The 34-year-old was interviewed following rumours he could leave his Paris club side.

Zlatan: 'I'm like fine wine that gets better with age'
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, like fine wine? Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT

“Even if I'm getting older I feel I'm still getting better,” said Ibrahimovic, who recently became Paris Saint Germain's leading ever goal scorer when he took his tally to 110 from 137 games.

“I'm still here doing what I have to do and doing it better and better,” he said.

His comments came as rumours were circulating in France that he will depart after his contract with the three-time reigning Ligue 1 champions runs out at the end of the season.

But Ibrahimovic, who is not known for his modesty, was adamant his prowess on the football field is only improving.

“I'm like a fine wine that gets better with age. I don't feel like a man in decline. Mentally I'm getting stronger.”

“And I'm still hungry for more, which will help me achieve my objectives,” he told the PSG website on Thursday.

One of those objectives is the Euro 2016 finals, for which Sweden is still in the running after managing to grab a spot in the playoffs after defeating Moldova earlier this week.

A UEFA draw on Sunday will reveal whether the Nordic country takes on Norway, Denmark, Ireland or Slovenia.

Swedish manager Erik Hamren's side finished third in Group G behind Austria and Russia, despite Ibrahimovic scoring eight goals in qualifying.

Ibrahimovic has previously said he does not want to miss the European Championships, telling global media this week “it's really unimaginable to me that this tournament takes place without me”.

“We have not been able to get there directly so we will take another route. Whoever we face in the playoffs, it will be difficult.”

“In these games, it is all or nothing and each team gives 200 percent but I am sure we will qualify.”

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Zlatan has been ‘cured’ of coronavirus: AC Milan

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been given the all-clear to end his quarantine period and return to action after testing negative for coronavirus, the Serie A club announced on Friday.

Zlatan has been 'cured' of coronavirus: AC Milan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring a goal in September. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP
Milan confirmed in a statement that the Swedish striker had “tested negative” twice in a row, as stipulated in the protocol to be able to lift the quarantine procedure.
   
Ibrahimovic, 39, sounded a more triumphal note on his social media: “You are cured! The health authority says the quarantine is over, you can go out!”, he wrote on Twitter.

The announcement comes a day after Milan said Ibrahimovic had tested positive a second time for Covid-19, putting in doubt his participation in the Milan derby on October 17.
 
   
Ibrahimovic first tested positive on September 24.
   
The derby remains in doubt with two other Milan players and five from Inter currently in self-quarantine.
   
In spite of his absence, Milan have made a decent start to the season, having climbed to second in Serie A after winning all three of their games and reaching the group stages of the Europa League.
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