Zlatan Ibrahimovic to reject LA Galaxy’s £6m-a-year offer to sign new deal with Manchester United
MLS side and their new neighbours set to be turned down by the Swedish striker in favour of Old Trafford stay
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC will reject a £6million-a-year offer from LA Galaxy to sign a new Manchester United deal.
Reports today say that both Los Angeles-based MLS sides want the Swede should he opt to leave Europe.
The 35-year-old veteran is currently a free agent as he recovers from knee surgery at Manchester United’s training ground.
Galaxy and Los Angeles FC are interested offering him a deal to make the switch Stateside.
The former Paris Saint-Germain star’s agent Mino Raiola has previously spoken of his client’s desire to remain in the Europe despite Galaxy telling him they would make Zlat the highest-paid player in their history.
LA Galaxy boss Curt Onalfo refused to comment when asked about the hitman on Thursday.
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But he did add the "DNA of the Galaxy is to attract world- class players, so we are always looking for one".
Across town the new Los Angeles FC franchise, who will begin its first MLS season in 2018, want to sign a star name before appointing their first coach.
BBC Sport claim that Ibrahimovic and fellow former United forward Javier Hernandez – due to the huge Mexican population in LA – are considered the ideal two targets for the club.
Hernandez, 28, is under contract with Bayer Leverkusen until 2018.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic factfile
- Born in Malmo, Sweden, to a Bosnian father and Croatian mother on October 3, 1981
- Played in various youth teams in Malmo but was close to quitting football at age 15 to become a dock worker
- Signed his first pro contract with Malmo FF in 1996, making his debut in 1999
- Has won 11 league titles in four countries with Ajax, Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain – would have been two more but his Juventus titles were stripped over the Calciopioli scandal
- Helped Manchester United to the League Cup and Europa League but suffered a serious knee injury that ended his Old Trafford career
- Has scored 420 goals in 723 matches and is also Sweden’s all-time top scorer with 62 goals in 116 international matches
- Three time winner of Serie A player of the Year, three-time winner of Ligue 1 player of the year and voted four times in the Uefa Team of the Year
- The only player to have scored a goal in De Klassieker in Netherlands, Derby della Madonnina and Derby d’Italia in Italy, El Clasico and Derbi Barceloni in Spain, Le Classique in France and the Manchester Derby and North-West Derby in England
- In 2016-17 he became the oldest player to reach 15 Premier League goals in a season
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