‘His intention is to continue’ — Paolo Maldini says Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not retire

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not retire despite the end of his AC Milan contract and knee surgery that will sideline him for months, said club technical director Paolo Maldini. Ibrahimovic, who turns 41 this year, helped guide AC Milan to their first league title since 2011. Ad/> He revealed on his Instagram that he had been playing football for the last six months without an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), one of the critical ligaments in the knee joint.

FootballMino Raiola dies aged 5430/04/2022 AT 14:35 “For the past six months, I played without an ACL in my left knee,” the Swedish striker said. “Swollen knee for six months. “I was only able to train with the team 10 times in the last six months.

“Took more than 20 injections in six months. “Emptied the knee once a week for six months. “Painkillers every day for six months.

“Barely slept for six months because of the pain. “Never suffered so much on and off the pitch. “I made something impossible to something possible.

“In my mind I had only one objective, to make my teammates and coach champions of Italy because I made them a promise. “Today I have a new ACL and another trophy.” /> It would be understandable if — that due to his age and the fact that his surgery will have him unable to play for up to eight months — Ibrahimovic would be set to retire. However, that doesn't seem to be the case as of yet.

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