It looks like Jose Mourinho isn’t the only superstar arriving at Old Trafford, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic believed to be close to signing a one-year deal with Manchester United as a free agent.
Louis van Gaal’s FA Cup win on Saturday
has turned out to be the swansong to his career as Manchester United
manager, as he has been sacked by the club after failing to meet
expectations this season. The Red Devils failed to challenge for the
Premier League, crashed out of the Champions League and were knocked out
of the Europa League by bitter rivals Liverpool.
His replacement is none other than
former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who parted ways with the Blues in
December. Thanks to the appointment of the “Special One”, a special
player is on the verge of signing a one-year deal with Manchester
United.
The most high profile free agent of them
all, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is ready to reject a 50 million euro deal with
the Chinese Super League in order to sign a one-year deal with
Manchester United, according to Dutch publication Der Telegraaf.
The report says the 35 year old Swedish
striker wants to take up a coaching role after retiring and is trying to
land a player/coach role at Manchester United under Jose Mourinho.
Mutual respect between two big egos
Jose Mourinho crowned himself the
“Special One” when he first joined Chelsea over a decade ago, while
Zlatan recently remarked that he came to PSG like a king and left like a
legend. These two superstars are not known to shy away from praising
themselves. But praising others is a different matter though, with both
notorious for their fall-outs with other footballers.
Surprisingly though, they share a mutual
admiration for one another. Mourinho always speaks highly of the Swede,
while Zlatan has rued that he only got to spend one year under Mourinho
at Internazionale. The two could be looking to spark a powerful
partnership at Old Trafford and it will definitely mean interesting
times ahead for Manchester United.