Zlatan Ibrahimovic during a match with AC Milan, August 1, 2020. -

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Almost 39 years old, Zlatan Ibrahimovic will continue to play football in a major European club.

AC Milan formalized Monday evening the extension for one season of the contract with the Swedish star.

The player returned to the Italian club in January.

Start of training

Ibra, whose extension was no longer in doubt as he had posted himself on social networks in recent days with the Milan shirt and had widely communicated on his return to Italy, is now linked to the Rossoneri until June 30, 2021. "Today, Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined his teammates and his trainer Stefano Pioli at the Milanello sports center where he took part in his first training session" with a view to the resumption of Serie A, scheduled for 19 September, the club confirmed.

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- Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) August 31, 2020

According to the Italian press, Milan and his star striker have agreed to a salary of 7 million euros for this additional year.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also indicated that he would resume the N.11 from his first stint at AC Milan between 2010 and 2012, instead of the N.21 adopted on his return at the start of the year.

Goal the Champions League

The Swede had indicated this weekend that he wanted "to help the club return to where it deserves to be".

“For six months, we have done great things but we haven't won anything.

(…) We must continue and do the same thing, ”he stressed.

Ibra had joined Milan on a six-month contract after leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy, for a salary of 3.5 million euros, and an additional year as an option.

Since returning to Lombardy, the ex-PSG striker has had a positive impact on a struggling team, scoring 11 times in 20 Serie A and Italian Cup games.

The goal posted by AC Milan is to regain the Champions League, a competition won seven times by the Rossoneri but which they have not played since 2014.

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