He tested the waters, but the deal did not come to an end.
According to our information, Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanted to return to PSG this season.
With his entourage, in particular his agent Mino Raiola who has his entries in the club of the capital because of his proximity to Leonardo, the sporting director, the striker investigated this possibility.
It did not lead and the Swede extended for a year in April at AC Milan where he will, in all likelihood, celebrate his 40th birthday on October 3.
It is at PSG that the charismatic player has spent the most time - in one go - in his already long career.
From 2012 to 2016, he regaled, becoming the top scorer in the club's history (156 goals in 180 games), before being overtaken later by Edinson Cavani (200 goals in 301 games).
It should be swallowed by Kylian Mbappé this season, already at 132 goals in 171 outings.
The two stars posed in mid-July together on the terrace of a Parisian palace for the wedding of Marco Verratti.
In 2016 he didn't really want to leave
On the sidelines of the festivities, Ibra had posted on his networks a photo heavy with meaning in the company of Javier Pastore, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Salvatore Sirigu captioned "the real PSG", or the "real PSG". In any case, that of the beginning of the Qatari project in France when from 2011 to 2013, the club began to recruit international sizes with the money of the shareholder and the know-how of Leonardo to change dimension, win titles and compete in the Champions League every year. It was the beginnings of the famous project and the Swedish giant remains one of the leading figures of the first period, before Neymar and Mbappé embody the sequel in 2017.
Ibra, him, left Paris in 2016, with this memorable punchline: "I arrived like a king, I leave like a legend". At the time, he didn't really want to go away, having always confided that he loved this club and the city. Very friends with Verratti, he also saw his personal physiotherapist rework this summer at PSG, Dario Forte, who has followed him everywhere in recent years, in Paris of course but also in Manchester United, Los Angeles or Milan. Forte has returned to the medical staff. Zlatan therefore wanted to come back as well, but Paris had other plans. He notably extended Neymar in early May, after Angel Di Maria or Julian Draxler. He obviously still hopes to convince Mbappé to imitate them. From this perspective, it would have been difficult to incorporate Ibrahimovic,not quite the profile for the quick attacks prized by coach Mauricio Pochettino. And how to imagine a locker room crushed by the egos of Ibra and Neymar? Baroque, the idea was not retained.