Despite plenty of speculation and rumor suggesting otherwise, Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return to the LA Galaxy for another season.
The MLS club confirmed as much on Tuesday, announcing that Ibrahimovic will be back on an improved, Designated Player deal in 2019. Ibrahimovic had originally joined the Galaxy as a Targeted Allocation Money signing on a two-year deal, but in order to sweeten the deal and keep Ibrahimovic from departing to an interested club elsewhere, he's earned DP status and an improved contract.
“We are very pleased to sign Zlatan to a new contract that will see him return for the 2019 season,” new Galaxy general manager Dennis te Kloese said in a statement.