Ibrahimovic: “I panic if I think about when I will stop playing”

“I feel a little panic at the prospect of stopping playing. For sure, I will continue as long as possible, as long as I can get results but being good on the pitch, without suffering.” Thus Zlatan Ibrahimovic, in a press conference with the Swedish national team, admits his fears related to a career that at 40 is nearing the end, waiting for a renewal with Milan and Sweden’s qualification for the World Cup.

“But we will go to Qatar”, he said confidently, even if the Rossoneri will not be able to play the first game of the playoffs, Thursday against the Czech Republic, and is preparing for the eventual final play-off with Poland, which went directly to the last. turn after the exclusion of Russia. “I don’t want to have regrets when I quit, so I want to maximize my career – continues Ibrahimovic -. What will happen next I don’t know, as I write in my book I’m a little scared. A role in football? We’ll see when the day comes. I could start when I stop or take a break, or completely disappear. Of course the adrenaline I feel on me will never feel it again. We are programmed to wake up, prepare for training, work out, go home and rest. This goes on and on. for 20-25 years but one day when I wake up there will be nothing in front of me, it will be a good impact “.

the sadness

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To those who, insisting, ask him if he feels sadness at the approach of the end, Ibrahimovic replies: “I think it will be a greater sadness for you that you will never see me play again. You should have fun now because you will never see anything like this again .. . “.

the future

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At the press conference Ibra spoke with the newcomer in the Swedish selection, Manchester United winger Anthony Elanga, 19. The latter is in fact the son of the Cameroonian international Joseph Elanga, with whom Zlatan played at Malmoe in 2000/2001. “Enjoy it while I’m on the pitch, because you won’t see anything like that. Sweden can count on the new offensive stars Dejan Kulusevski or Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad). “They are the future, we shouldn’t invest or bet on me, but on them. I’m here to help them move forward,” the veteran said.