Serie A
Ibrahimovic: ‘I’ll play until I see someone better than me’
An important condition for his retirement from football was set by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who told UEFA that he would only stop playing if he could find a better player than him.
Nobody knows where Zlatan Ibrahimovic will continue his career, who will be released from Milan next summer. But one thing is certain: he is not thinking of retiring at the end of the season.
The 40-year-old Swede is determined to prolong his career as much as possible and keep sharing a spectacle until he finds the footballer he believes is better than him.
Speaking to UEFA, the Rossoneri star still referenced the Champions League he failed to win while stressing he wasn’t born to be liked by everyone.
“Whatever happens to me – success, money, fame, whatever happens – I will be the same person, I will not change. Like it or not, I wasn’t born into this world to convince people like me.
I play with a lot of feeling for Milan because it’s a club that I’ve enjoyed, given me a lot of things and I think I’ve spent the most years there of any club I’ve represented. It was nice to be back in the Champions League with the club this season.
I scored some goals that I liked and I had the opportunity to play against the best teams and players in Europe. How do I feel about the fact that I never won?
There are two translations. It would be amazing to win it at first. But not winning it wouldn’t change me as a player. If I win it doesn’t mean I’m a better player because I’m the best player. It’s been proven: the best player doesn’t win everything.” said the Swedish star before focusing on his future and plans:
“The future isn’t written yet. I’m not making any plans. Let’s see what happens. I don’t want to regret that I stopped playing football and then say I could keep playing football because then I would regret it. ” rest of my life. , because I could have continued.
I want to play as much as possible. The truth is I will play until I see someone better than me, so I keep playing. I know that one day it will stop and I won’t have that adrenaline anymore.
This is a problem for every soccer player because there is adrenaline in playing soccer. So if you stop, you have to go from there and start over, something new.”
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