After the European Championships in 2016, Zlatan Ibrahimovic chose to thank himself in the Swedish national team.
The losing match in the group game against Belgium on June 23, 2016 was his last match in that blue and yellow jersey.
Until now.
When Janne Andersson today presented the squad that will start the World Cup qualifiers next week, the 39-year-old was on the list.
"The return of the God" writes Zlatan Ibrahimovic himself on Instagram.
"The competition is fierce"
- It is perhaps the toughest competitive situation we have had during my time as national team captain.
The competition is fierce, which makes it even harder to take out a team.
I am glad that we have so many players to choose from, Andersson says during the press conference.
What awaits are two World Cup qualifiers, Georgia at home (March 25) and Kosovo away (March 28).
And a training match against Estonia at home on March 31.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has played 116 international matches and scored 62 goals in the blue and yellow jersey.
The talk about a return to the national team began in the autumn of 2020 when Zlatan, in an interview with Aftonbladet, said that he missed the national team.
After that, Janne Andersson traveled to Milan to meet him.
The text is updated.