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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Mr Incredible: At 35 he is still going strong because of his martial arts, no booze, elastic legs and plenty of reggae

If he scores twice against Middlesbrough on New Year’s Eve, Zlatan Ibrahimovic will have hit more goals than anyone across Europe’s top leagues during 2016.

Lionel Messi tops the charts on 51, but with Barcelona enjoying their winter break, Manchester United’s No 9 has a free run at clinching the honour.

Boxing Day’s strike in the victory over Sunderland was 35-year-old Ibrahimovic’s 12th in the league this season and his 17th in all competitions for his new club. United are already 10 points better off for his crucial goals this season.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates his goal against Sunderland for Manchester Unitedu00a0
Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates his goal against Sunderland for Manchester United
Ibrahimovic knocks the ball past Jordan Pickford in the Sunderland goal to open the scoring
Ibrahimovic knocks the ball past Jordan Pickford in the Sunderland goal to open the scoring

50 - Number of club goals Ibrahimovic has scored in 55 games for PSG and Manchester United in 2016.