SHOCKING NEWS – Zlatan Ibrahimović Coming To EPL. His Likeliest Club Revealed

Call it a strategic move, a ‘deliberate slip’ or even a psychological marketing gimmick but the English Premier league will mostly likely welcome Zlatan Ibrahimović according to the player’s agent, Mino Raiola. Raiola hinted that his client is considering a move to England next season.

Ibrahimović is in the last year of his contract at Paris Saint-Germain in France and will become a free agent (for the first time in his career) by the end of the season. What this means is that the prolific striker will have a major leverage when it comes to deciding where next to ply his trade. And Raiola is hoping to see the Sweden hitman in the thick of it all in England when he does finally move.

“I would like to see him in the Premier league”, Raiola stated.

“I think it’s a game that is made for him with his strength, his ability, his technique, the stadiums with fantastic atmosphere and how football is lived. It’s difficult now because for the first time in his life he wants to be a free agent so that he can look around and have a feeling day by day what he wants to do”.

Raiola claims that a number of clubs in the Premier league have already shown interests and will battle for the striker’s signature. “There are a lot of projects on our table but he has not decided yet. Can he go to England? In theory, yes he can because he will be a free agent and for sure there are some clubs always interested in him. What we will do at the end, I really don’t know.”

However, the Independent suggests that Ibrahimović will join Manchester United, while the Mirror believes Arsenal is the most likely destination. United, especially, has not found much joy going forward and will be hoping to improve on their attacking strength. Anthony Martial, Wayne Rooney and Memphis Depay have all struggled for goals this season with the French man as their top scorer in the league with a paltry five goals to his name.

Arsenal, on the other hand, has fared a lot better, but most of their strike burden lies squarely on Olivier Giroud. In stark contrast, Ibrahimović has been impressive so far this season scoring 15 goals in 14 Ligue 1 games for PSG and making him the top goal scorer in the division. His technical ability is still intact and eyes for goals remain sharp.

Many have doubted Ibrahimović’s ability to replicate his current form in the Premier league given its competitive nature. He still has so much to prove to the footballing world and just like Raiola, we can wait to see the Swede in the Premier league!

Six players who really should have played in the Premier League but never did

With rumours swirling that Zlatan Ibrahimovic could be set for a move to the Premier League, one of the great losses to English football could finally be remedied.

Ibra had the chance to join Arsenal back in 2000 but chose to join Ajax instead, so the Premier League missed out on one of the world’s great players who went on to represent Juventus, Barcelona and both Milan clubs before joining Paris St Germain.

Now his contract with the French champions is set to expire in the summer, and speculation has been rife that he could make a belated switch to England, where his physicality and style would surely make him a big hit, even at the age of 34.

Here are some other players who would have been perfectly suited to the Premier League, but never made the move.

1. Dani Alves

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With his rampaging runs down the right, Alves is in some ways the archetypal British full-back. The Barcelona stalwart would have been an absolute hit in the Premier League; he would have been anywhere, of course, but there’s something about the full-back’s swashbuckling attitude that means he would have been a perfect fit for the English game.

2. Clarence Seedorf

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Seedorf was exactly the kind of complete midfielder top clubs have always coveted in the Premier League era. It’s hard to imagine a manager who wouldn’t have welcomed him into the heart of their side when he was at his best, doing a more elegant version of the job that Steven Gerrard did for Liverpool. We could yet get to see him in British football though – he’s declared an interest in managing in England.

3. David Villa

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So many times Villa was linked with a move to the Premier League, and if you listen to some reports Arsenal had the opportunity to buy him on the cheap a couple of years ago. By then he was probably a fading force – but Villa in his prime could have been the perfect striker for the Gunners. You couldn’t argue with his choice to move to Barcelona in 2010 given the trophies he won, but it would have been great to see him as the absolute main man at a top-level Premier League team.

4. Luca Toni

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Toni – who remarkably was Serie A’s joint top scorer last season at the age of 38 – always seemed like a very unlikely Italian striker, getting by on his height and bulk as much as his technical ability. In fact he’s what you might call a traditional British centre forward – so it’s slightly surprising that he never found his way to the Premier League.

5. Carles Puyol

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It’s hard to imagine Puyol playing for anyone other than Barcelona but had he ever wanted to move on the Premier League would have been the perfect destination. He was great in the air, despite not being particularly tall, and legendary commitment and work ethic would have made his very popular with any set of fans in the country.

6. Ronaldo

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EL Fenomeno – the Original Ronaldo – is for many the most complete striker of the modern era. His strength is demonstrated in that picture by how easily Alan Shearer gets brushed off, and his pace was feared by defenders around Europe. Add to that a tendency for both instinctive and outrageous finishing, as well as a penchant for nutmegging anyone who dared stand in his way – could there be a more exciting player to have never played in the Premier League?