"When you want a new challenge, don't go to the Zafar team in the Italian championship seven times in a row," a fiery statement from the Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic mocking Cristiano Ronaldo, and considers joining Juventus in 2018 not a "challenge."

"If I am looking for a challenge, I must go to Juventus when he is in the second degree and help him to return to the first degree," he added - in an interview with the monthly magazine "GQ", and published last Wednesday in its Italian-language version for the current month.

"The sultan" explained that "Ronaldo is not a pure natural talent, but what he achieved as a result of the work."

When asked about the competition with Ronaldo in the event of the return of "Ibra" to the Italian league, his answer was shocking: "Will I find the real Ronaldo in Italy? I do not think, there is one and Real Ronaldo is the Brazilian Ronaldo."

It is noteworthy that Zlatan (38 years) moved from Ajax to Juventus in 2006 for 16 million euros, and scored 23 goals in seventy games, and helped the "old lady" team win two Kalcio titles before they were canceled due to match-fixing and the selection of referees favoring Juventus.

Then he moved to Inter Milan and scored 57 goals, winning three Serie A titles, and after leaving for a short period (2009-2011) and Zlatan returned to the "San Siro" stadium with Milan and also helped the team win the League title 2011-2012 season by scoring 28 goals in 32 games.

In the same interview, Ibrahimovic revealed that he was considering returning to the Italian League after spending two seasons in the United States in the Los Angeles Galaxy squad.

"I will join the team that wants to win again and renew its history, the team that wants to challenge everyone, only in this way will I find the motivation I need to surprise you again," Ibrahimovic said.

"As a footballer, it doesn't just depend on me choosing a team, but there are other factors that are in mind, including my family. See you soon in Italy."

These statements came to raise rumors about the possibility of his return to the ranks of troubled Milan in the Italian League (ranked 11 in the table), as it was reported that the club is moving to contract him in the winter transfer market next month, and Bologna also expressed a desire to include the player.