It has been officially confirmed that former Juventus, Inter and Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has joined LA Galaxy.
The Swedish forward was released from his Manchester United contract yesterday, and it was immediately assumed that he’d move to MLS.
This morning a full-page advert in the LA Times signed with Ibra’s name simply read “Los Angeles, you’re welcome”.
Now the Galaxy have posted a video of Ibrahimovic in their shirt, who then declares “Los Angeles… welcome to Zlatan”.
It has been officially confirmed that former Juventus, Inter and Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has joined LA Galaxy.
The Swedish forward was released from his Manchester United contract yesterday, and it was immediately assumed that he’d move to MLS.
This morning a full-page advert in the LA Times signed with Ibra’s name simply read “Los Angeles, you’re welcome”.
Now the Galaxy have posted a video of Ibrahimovic in their shirt, who then declares “Los Angeles… welcome to Zlatan”.
It appears the veteran striker will not join as a Designated Player, which would mean he would be exempt from Major League Soccer’s salary cap.
Each franchise is allowed three DPs, and as of March 8 La Galaxy had Romain Alessandrini, Giovani dos Santos and Jonathan dos Santos.
Ibrahimovic spent much of his career in Serie A, moving to Juventus from Ajax in 2004.
He won two Scudetti with the Bianconeri, though they were later revoked in the Calciopoli scandal, before switching to Inter in 2006.
After a further three Serie A titles in Nerazzurro, he moved to Barcelona, but after a falling out with Coach Pep Guardiola he returned to Italy with Milan.
Ibra scored 56 goals in 85 games for the Rossoneri, winning the Scudetto in 2011, before joining Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2012.