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Zlatan Ibrahimovic might just be doing Manchester United a huge favour if he decides to reject a one-year contract extension at Old Trafford and head west to Major League Soccer at the end of this season.
For a club of United's stature, arguably the biggest and wealthiest in the game, to be left hanging on the telephone by a player who is six months short of his 36th birthday does not project the image of a team or organisation with an eye on the future.