Zlatan Ibrahimovic signs a designated player contract with LA Galaxy

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed a contract granting him the status of designated player before the 2019 season, announced Tuesday the LA Galaxy.

The former Swedish international was already under contract for next year, but he was frustrated by a deal worth 1.5 million dollars in 2018, a season in which he scored 22 goals and 10 badists in 27 games. .

"There was a lot of talk, a lot of rumors, a lot of whispers, but in reality I never left," Ibrahmivoic said. "I stayed here and, as I said, I have not finished with MLS yet, I am still not satisfied with the result, I still have things to do.

"I see my first year as a warm-up and I think my second year will be different, now I know the league, I know more about my opponents, even if they know me from day one, I know how to get out of it better now and I know what to do.The first year was a warm up, this year I just finished it. "

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In his first interview since signing with the Los Angeles Galaxy, Zlatan Ibrahimovic explains his decision to stay in the MLS and sets out his goals for 2019.

Ibrahimovic, 37, joined the Galaxy in March after a long career in Europe where he played for Malmo, Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, ​​Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.

"We are very pleased to sign a new contract with Zlatan, which will allow him to return for the 2019 season," said Galaxy CEO Dennis te Kloese. "He showed his worth last season and we look forward to being able to represent our club next year, and with Zlatan's return we will continue to improve our team before the season."

The deal implies that the Galaxy, which failed to win the playoffs after finishing seventh in the Western Conference, will have to transfer one of the three existing DPs – Gio dos Santos, Jonathan dos Santos and Romain Alessandrini – from the club before the beginning of the 2019 season.

"I want to bring home the trophy, I came here to leave a stamp and I could not do it in the first year, I'm not the one who leaves without winning, because wherever I came, I've won, "Ibrahimovic said.