Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrated his 40th birthday on October 3 and the Swedish striker is in negotiations with AC Milan to extend the adventure next season.
Exceptional longevity at the highest level that the former striker pays a heavy price for every day in a body that suffers the test of time.
“
It’s not easy.
Every day, I wake up, it hurts all over,
”“ Ibra ”explained in a long and rich interview with the
Guardian
.
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“
This morning I was in pain all over but as long as I have goals, as long as I have adrenaline, I keep going.
I know I am coming to something right.
I arrive somewhere where I need to work to stay on top,
”continued the Swedish giant, who does not set any time limit for himself.
“
I will continue to do this for as long as I can.
I don't want to have that regret if I quit and then in a few years I sit down with you and say,
"I could have continued because I felt good."
Better to be completely finished and say, "
I can't take any more
."
But I can still do it and I do it. "
For me, suffering is like having breakfast.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
This sense of sacrifice to stay at the top, Ibrahimovic has made his ally, to return especially after a serious injury in 2017 when he suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligaments. A tile, at 36, which should have meant the end of his career. He will inflict an operation and seven months of rehabilitation to "
finish what he had started
" with Manchester United. An example of resilience. “
I don't have a problem with suffering. For me, suffering is like having breakfast. But a lot of people don't understand suffering because the new generation, with all these platforms, doesn't have much to do with getting credit. The generation before, you had to do a lot to get a little. I am very proud to be fromold generation
», He confides.
Getting two more subscribers won't cure you.
Getting more money won't cure you.
Attracting attention will not cure you.
What will cure you is adrenaline
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Rich and covered in glory, Ibrahimovic does not make money or fame his engines to last.
“
It's not about contracts or being famous.
I don't need that.
The only thing that keeps me going is adrenaline because every morning it hurts all over.
Getting two more subscribers won't cure you.
Getting more money won't cure you.
Attracting attention will not cure you.
What will cure you is adrenaline,
”he insists.
You don't fucking do that.
You don't have a ... to do it against me.
But I'll show you what happens if you do to me
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
An adrenaline that can sometimes push him to excess and to some slippage.
The latest, while wearing the jersey of the selection, when he gave a violent shoulder to César Azpilicueta who threw the Spanish defender to the ground.
A bad gesture that he assumes 100%.
“
I did it on purpose.
I'm not ashamed to say it because he did a stupid thing to a teammate.
(…) It was a stupid thing but I did in spite of everything to make him understand: "You don't fucking do that. You don't have a c… to do it against me. But I'm going to show you this. that happens if you do it to me ".
A bad gesture which earned the Scandinavian a card and a suspension in March during the next match of Sweden on the occasion of the play-offs for the 2022 World Cup. A competition in which he intends to participate, at 41 years old , more than 20 years after his first cape.
An eternity.
