AC Milan: A new role for Zlatan Ibrahimovic?
At 41, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is close to retirement but AC Milan is an idea for the Swede to stay at the club.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has still not played a single game with AC Milan this season. The Swedish striker’s last match with the Milanese club dates back to May 22, 2022 during the 38th day of Serie A.
No game this season for Ibrahimovic…
Ibrahimovic came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Olivier Giroud in a match that saw AC Milan claim the Italian league title for the first time since 2011.
After many months without playing, the player seems closer than ever to retirement according to the revelations of the Gazzetta dello Sport.
The famous Italian sports daily explains that while Ibrahimovic will probably no longer be an AC Milan player next season, he will nevertheless stay at the club in a new role.
A position as coach of a youth team or assistant to Stefano Pioli in the AC Milan staff are options to be ruled out according to the Gazzetta dello Sport.
A role of ambassador rather than a position in the staff
On the other hand, a role of ambassador seems to be taking shape. August 2022, AC Milan Since then belongs to the American pension fund RedBird Capital Partners, which has spent more than a billion euros to acquire the Italian club.
To make its investment profitable, RedBird Capital Partners intends to develop the image of AC Milan throughout the world. And with Zlatan Ibrahimovic as ambassador, the Milanese club benefited from the fame of the Swedish striker. On Instagram, Ibrahimovic has more followers than AC Milan: 57.8 million compared to 12.9.
On Twitter, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is also ahead of AC Milan in the number of subscribers, even if the gap is tighter: 8.9 million subscribers for the player against 8.3 for the club.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Ibrahimovic, by staying in Milan, could thus continue his investments in the city. The player who had created several padel courts in Sweden, in 2018 under the name of Padel Zenter, must do the same in the Lombard city in 2023 with the opening of eleven courts.