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Zlatan Ibrahimović mentioned he has “by no means suffered a lot” in pursuit of a trophy, after he lifted the Scudetto with AC Milan on Sunday.
The Swedish striker revealed on social media that he has performed the final six months of the season with out an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee – the robust band of tissue that connects the thigh bone to the shin bone and the knee joint.
“Swollen knee for six months,” Ibrahimović mentioned in a put up revealed to his verified Instagram account on Thursday. “I used to be solely in a position to prepare with the group 10 occasions within the final six months.”
“Took greater than 20 injections in six months. Emptied the knee as soon as every week for six months. Painkillers each day for six months. Barely slept for six months due to the ache. By no means suffered a lot on and off the pitch.”
The Rossoneri gained 3-0 towards Sassuolo to clinch their first Serie A title in over a decade, ending the season on 86 factors – two factors forward of runners up Inter Milan.
“I made one thing unattainable to one thing potential. In my thoughts I had just one goal, to make my teammates and coach champions of Italy as a result of I made them a promise. Right now I’ve a brand new ACL and one other trophy,” Ibrahimović added.
Ibrahimović’s put up got here hours after AC Milan introduced that he had undergone profitable knee surgical procedure in Lyon, France on Wednesday.
“AC Milan proclaims that Zlatan Ibrahimović underwent an operation on his left knee carried out by Dr Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, with the Membership’s Medical Director Stefano Mazzoni in attendance, on the Hôpital Jean Mermoz in Lyon,” the membership mentioned in an announcement.
“The arthroscopy had been deliberate for some time to definitively resolve the joint’s instability by means of the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament, with lateral reinforcement and meniscus reparation.”
“The operation was an entire success and the prognosis is estimated between seven and eight months,” the assertion added.
Since rejoining the Serie A facet in December 2019, Ibrahimović has garnered a number of accolades together with passing 500 profession targets in February 2021, and turn into one of many few quadragenarians who’ve competed in Serie A.
Regardless of his harm, Ibrahimovic performed 23 out of 28 league video games final season and scored eight targets, in keeping with the Milan web site.
However on condition that his contract ends this summer time, and he’s prone to miss the primary half of the 2022/23 season following his operation, Ibrahimović’s future on the membership stays unsure.
“I’m in a scenario now the place I’m near the purpose line … so I’m a little bit bit panicking,” he informed ESPN earlier this month.
“As a result of when it stops, what do you do? I do know I can do a variety of issues, I’ll have provides from in all places. However the adrenaline I get on the sphere, I’ll by no means get that (from) one thing else.”
