ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC’S FOOTBALL CAREER COULD BE OVER AS OLD TIMER STRIKER FACE 8 MONTHS OUT AFTER KNEE SURGERY
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is scheduled to be out of action for the rest of the year after he underwent surgery on his left knee
Veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s career could be over as he is facing eight months on the sidelines following knee surgery.
The development was confirmed by newly-crowned Italian champions, AC Milan, who revealed the star forward had a procedure to repair damage and instability caused by a previous anterior cruciate ligament injury.
“AC Milan announces that Zlatan Ibrahimovic underwent an operation on his left knee carried out by Dr Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, with the club’s medical director Stefano Mazzoni in attendance, at the Hospital Jean Mermoz in Lyon,” AC Milan said in a statement posted on their website .
“The arthroscopy had been planned for a while to definitively resolve the joint’s instability through the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament, with lateral reinforcement and meniscus reparation
The operation was a complete success and the prognosis is estimated between seven and eight months,” the statement continued.
According to the Daily Mail, Ibrahimovic could be out for the rest of the year as he fights to regain his fitnes
The publication added that the 40-year-old’s current contract with Milan is set to expire this summer, and it now remains unclear if the Serie A giants will extend his deal.
The former Man United attacker played a central role in Milan’s Serie A triumph as he scored eight league goals to help his side win the domestic crown for the first time in more than a decade.
