PSG star Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins Sweden top player award for 10th time
 Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he has proven he is 10 times better than anybody else after being voted Sweden's best footballer for the 10th time. Ibrahimovic, 34, picked up his ninth straight Guldbollen award -- his 10th in total since 2005 -- on Monday evening. "Last year, I promised to come here to collect my 10th Golden Ball -- I don't know if I can promise the same thing for next year," Ibrahimovic told the audience in Stockholm, reports thelocal.se. "But this makes me think of my time as a junior football player in Malmo. I used to sit in the locker room, looking around, and thinking: 'to succeed I have to be 10 times better than everyone else.' "It feels like I have already managed that. There is no more to say. I have made history again and again. I hope someone else gets to experience what I have experienced. The joy can't be described. Many thanks to all who have been following me from day one." Ibrahimovic is out of contract with PSG in the summer and approaching the end of a career which he promises to celebrate in a museum when he finally hangs up his boots. Before that happens, however, he is keen on one final challenge in his career, and it could involve a return to Italy or a move to the U.S. "I'm attracted by everything, but it has got to be a serious project," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "I have my own ideas. I know what I would like, but it takes two." Ibrahimovic revealed he had an offer from AC Milan in June, but he turned down their approach to remain at PSG. Had he had his own way, he would never have left the Rossoneri in the first place in 2012. "San Siro, the city, the people, the language -- I have some beautiful memories [of Milan]," Ibrahimovic said. "I've always said that Italy is my second home. I was very happy there, and if it had been up to me, I would never have left Milan. "But that chapter's closed now. What happened happened and now I have other objectives, in football and in life." Ibrahimovic did not elaborate on the reason behind his move to Paris three years ago, but he did confirm that he turned own the opportunity to return to the Rossoneri in the summer. |
