Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to Old Trafford after his side AC Milan were drawn against Manchester United in the Europa League.
The Swedish superstar left United in 2018 as he joined MLS for what we all thought was the swansong of his career.
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Zlatan’s last game at Man United was against Burnley – he was substituted at half-time
It was a long swansong as he returned to Europe and joined AC Milan in January 2020.
He has scored 27 goals in 40 appearances for the Italian club and surpassed the club’s 500 career goal mark.
The 39-year-old is the third top scorer this season with 14 goals behind just Cristiano Ronaldo (18) and Romelu Lukaku (17).
Things did not end at Manchester United as Zlatan would have hoped, as a serious knee injury hampered his 2017/18 season.
He has only made seven appearances, scoring once, with his last outing in December 2017.
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Zlatan started the game alongside Lukaku – now his Serie A opponent
The forward started against Burnley, alongside Serie A foe Lukaku, but was sent off at half-time and replaced by Jesse Lingard.
The performance was not up to his usual high standards and manager Jose Mourinho explained that the reason for pulling him was “tactical”.
Lingard went on to score two goals in the second half as United drew 2-2 after being trailed by two goals at the break.
It was a disappointing end to what was a brief, but memorable, moment at Old Trafford for the Swedish legend.
He scored 29 goals in 53 games and helped them win the League Cup and the Europa League.
“I’m sorry for the fans – if they had seen me younger they would have seen a different lion,” he later told the Man United website.
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Ibrahimovic won two trophies with Man United
“For the Premier League it would have been dangerous, because I would have eaten them for breakfast; instead, I took them for lunch. But I came: they wanted me, I gave them and I took over. I went there and did this.
“I gave as much as I could for as long as I could; when i got hurt i got support in a different way. They were always behind me and my teammates.
“They are special: everywhere I see red I think of United. It will go down in history and my career; when I look back on my time with United, I will do it with a smile. I wish them all the best for the future. “
Now he will return to Old Trafford after his current side, AC Milan, have been drawn against United in the Europa League.
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