A new operation for Ibrahimovic may force him to retire

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic underwent surgery on his left knee that will keep him out of action “between 7 and 8 months”, according to what his club, AC Milan, recently crowned the Italian Football League, announced, while the feat did not reveal his intention to retire, despite the media’s doubts that the surgery might be I wrote the end of his football career.
“The arthroscopy had been scheduled for some time to find a definitive solution to the instability of the joint thanks to the reconstruction of the ACL with lateral reinforcement and meniscus repair,” Milan, who won the Serie A title on Sunday for the first time since 2011, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Zlatan, 40, underwent surgery on Wednesday at the Jean-Mermoz Hospital in Lyon, with “complete success”, according to the Lombardy club, referring to a diagnosis of his absence between “seven and eight months”.
And if Ibra decides to continue his rich career, he will not be able to return before the beginning of the world in 2023.
The giant Swede had surgery on his left knee in June 2021, forcing him to miss the last European Cup and hampering the start of his season with Milan.
And Zlatan left doubts about his future on Sunday evening, noting that his decision “depends” on the answers he awaits about his physical condition.
And whether he played his last match, he replied, “It depends on me doing some things to be in good shape, and it depends on what happens in the next few days.”