Zlatan Ibrahimovic has compared his Manchester United transfer to last year’s Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao fight, saying: “They said it would never happen, but it happened.”
The 34-year-old Swede was confirmed as a new signing by the Old Trafford giants on Friday, and in his first interview he admitted that it was a simple decision to join the 20-time English champions.
And he added that his arrival provoked as much anticipation as the world welterweight title in 2015 which had the sporting world hooked.
“I’m super excited. I’m super super happy. Finally it’s done! But now we start, now the hard work starts,” he told MUTV.
“My decision was pretty easy. I compare it with Mayweather-Pacquiao fight: they said it would never happen, but it happened.
The two worked together at Inter in 2008-09, and Zlatan is delighted to link up with the Portuguese again.
“I have great memories, the only regret I had with Jose is that I had a short time with him. We had one season, but we won together,” he continued.
“He’s a winner, I’m a winner. We know what we want, and wherever we go we will win.”
He added that not playing in the Champions League next season is of no concern following United’s fifth-place finish last term under Louis van Gaal.
“Wherever I came I won, and I’m looking forward to this new chapter in my life. I know what I want, I come to win, but behind everything is hard work.
“I come to win, I don’t come to waste time, I don’t come to look at the weather. I come to win, and that is my objective. We play for the UEFA Europa League, but in everything we play to win. We will do all the things we need to do to reach our main goal.
“Now I breathe out because everything is done after all the talk, after all the speculation. Now I am a Man United player, I am the happiest player in the world.”
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