Soccer: Ibrahimovic set to leave Manchester United for LA Galaxy - reports

Reuters

22 March 2018 at 11:26 am

FILE PHOTO: Britain Football Soccer - Manchester United v Saint-Etienne - UEFA Europa League Round of 32 First Leg - Old Trafford, Manchester, England - 16/2/17 Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring their third goal to complete his hat trick Reuters / Andrew Yates Livepic/File Photo (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks set to leave Manchester United imminently and join Los Angeles Galaxy, according to media reports in Britain and the United States on Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation from either club or the Swedish striker's management. The 36-year-old has been linked for some time with a move to the United States and Major League Soccer. Los Angeles Times writer Kevin Baxter said on Twitter that Ibrahimovic had signed for LA Galaxy. The BBC said it was understood United manager Jose Mourinho had agreed to release him from a contract that was due to expire at the end of June. Mourinho said at the beginning of March that Ibrahimovic was expected to leave at the end of the season. Sweden's record international goal-scorer with 62 strikes in 116 games, Ibrahimovic told Reuters on March 15 he was finally over a serious knee injury that stalled his United career. Having sustained a bad knee injury in United's Europa League quarter-final against Belgian side Anderlecht in April, 2017, Ibrahimovic last appeared for the Premier League club on Dec. 26 against Burnley. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Toby Davis)