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– Zlatan Ibrahimovic told ESPN he enjoyed his time in the Premier League with Manchester United because he could silence his “haters.”
– The Sweden forward joined United in 2016, and despite having won 13 league titles at Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, there were question marks over whether he could perform to a similarly high level in the Premier League.
– In his first season he helped United win the Community Shield and Carabao Cup — scoring in both finals — as well as the Europa League. And Ibrahimovic said he was happy to prove his doubters wrong.
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– “I had fun,” Ibrahimovic told ESPN’s Gab & Juls Show of his time at United. “I really enjoyed because when I came, everybody was against it. And then in England, they didn’t like me.
– All these haters, after three months, they started to like me, I didn’t like them anymore. I like people when they hate you because then they bring out the better of you. I had fun. [It] is a great competition, [an] amazing atmosphere.
– “And I’m happy I played for United, which I think is the best team in England. And I think it was the right choice to go to Manchester United.
– “I think I came in a good moment. Because it’s easy to come to a club when the success is already there. It’s more difficult when you come and the challenge is different. And then if you manage to have a success, you’re part of the story. So the fans [were] great to me. And I really enjoyed [it]. A lot of things happened.”
– Ibrahimovic left United in 2018 to join Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy, where he stayed for two seasons before returning to Milan.
