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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Opens Up on His Troubled Second Spell at Man Utd & Admits He Wasn't Ready to Play

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that he is grateful just to be playing football, after he was forced to call time on his second stint at Manchester United due to a knee injury.

Ibrahimovic left United for the second time in March 2018 and now plays for LA Galaxy in MLS, where he has scored 11 goals in 14 games, maintaining the prolific strike rate that made him one of Europe's most feared strikers in his heyday.

"Every time I put on my football shoes, I am enjoying the moment because after the bad injury I had there were not many hopes I could play again," Ibrahimovic told BBC Sport.