OFFICIAL NEWS 2015/16 - MAY 2016

Only official news will be published. That includes:

• OFFICIAL STATEMENTS/SQUAD SELECTIONS FROM PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN OR SWEDISH FA.
• OFFICIAL STATEMENTS/DRAWS ETC. FROM UEFA AND FIFA.
• POSTS MADE BY ZLATAN IN HIS APP "ZLATAN UNPLUGGED".
• POSTS MADE ON ZLATAN'S OFFICIAL FACEBOOK, TWITTER OR INSTAGRAM.
• VIDEO/RADIO-INTERVIEWS WITH AVAILABLE VIDEO/AUDIO.

We will not publish articles from newspapers/websites if there is no video-interview included.
We will not publish updates about ex. Zlatans physical status based on news in newspapers. If no one has made an official statement in some kind, Zlatan or the club, we will not publish anything.

2016.05.30 | Sweden-Slovenia 0-0

IBRA HONORED AT HALFTIME

Sweden played 0-0 against Slovenia in a friendly game in Malmö tonight. Zlatan rested due to his recovering calf injury. At halftime he was honored for playing 100+ games for Sweden (Zlatan actually played his 100th cap for Sweden in 2014).

 

The was relatively even with few chances, man of the match in Sweden was Palermo's Oscar Hiljemark.

 

Photo: Sportbladet.

2016.05.26 | Fotbollskanalen

ZLATAN HELD PRESS CONFERENCE IN SWEDEN

Please use a VPN if you are not in Sweden.

Zlatan met the Swedish (and British) press in Stockholm today. He didn't confirm anything about where he will play next but gave some hints.

 

ZLATAN: "I know what I want. The future is already written. Just because you can eat everything, it doesn't mean you have to know everything."

The future is written... Have you made your choice?

ZLATAN: "I've made my choice."

Source: Fotbollskanalen.

2016.05.21 | Zlatan Unplugged

ZLATAN'S THOUGHTS AFTER THE LAST GAME WITH PSG

Zlatan tonight played his last game for Paris Saint-Germain. He scored twice when PSG won the French Cup Final against Marseille. Read his last thoughts.

 

Another title, congratulations! Tonight, PSG won 4-2 against Marseille, and are once again French Cup champions. What was your last 90 minutes as PSG player like?

ZLATAN: "Fantastic!"

You scored two goals and assisted a third. What do you think of your own performance in this cup final and grand finale?

ZLATAN: "Fantastic!"

After your final match for the club, what would you like to say to all the PSG fans around the world who mourns that the Zlatan era now is over?

ZLATAN: "Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)."

Source: Zlatan Unplugged.

2016.05.21 | Marseille-PSG 2-4

SCORED TWICE IN HIS LAST GAME WITH PSG

The time in Paris-Saint Germain has come to an end. Tonight Zlatan played his last game when PSG beat Marseille in the French Cup Final.

Zlatan scored twice (49th and 50th goal of the season) and won the 12th trophy since he came to the club in 2012.

He helped Paris dream bigger.

Thanks and Merci for 4 magical years.

 

FULL GAME REPORT.

2016.05.15 | Fotbollskanalen

ZLATAN MET THE MEDIA AFTER THE LAST GAME IN PARIS

Please use a VPN if you are not in Sweden.

Zlatan met the press after last night's magical game and celebrations. Watch or read the full interviews in the mixed the zone afterwards.

 

The feeling.. These celebrations.. How big is this for you?

ZLATAN: "I don't think I can describe it. From when we left the hotel until now.. The day has been special, very special. After four years."

Is this the biggest ever for you?

ZLATAN: "This is top-3, we can say. If we look at the total. This is something I will remember for the rest of my life. All the love I received today, well not just today but all the four years I have been here and the way I have given back. I will never forget this and it's something I will miss."

You seem so relaxed in your joy and also on the pitch after the goals.

ZLATAN: "I try to collect all energy and love I have received and stay in control. It hasn't been easy today. It's been... Well, not a hard day but it hasn't been easy controlling the emotions."

I met you at home in Malmö when you were a teenager and you sat and played video games and dreamed of playing with Ronaldo (El Fenomeno) in the attack. Now you are collecting your career, did it turn out the way you dreamed if you were to compare with your dreams?

ZLATAN: "It turned out even better. Even better and much more so I'm trying just to enjoy it. Enjoy every second and every minute and just collect it all. I will understand it better and enjoy it more afterwards when I've understood the whole picture."

Does anything remain or have you achieved everything?

ZLATAN: "I hope something remains or I would have to quit."

Are you thinking about Euro?

ZLATAN: "Absolutely. That's one of the adventures I look forward to."

What does it mean to you that EURO is played in France?

ZLATAN: "It means alot. After the ending like today, and we have one more game next week. What I've done for France.. To first come home (to Sweden) and then back here with my country to play means everything. We have supporters from France and Sweden now so we shouldn't complain about that."

Can you maintain your superform that long?

ZLATAN: "I just have to keep playing and enjoy my time on the pitch."

Is it only joy?

ZLATAN: "Joy and love."

It was a very nice moment when your sons entered the pitch. Were you prepared for their entrance?

ZLATAN: "Both no and yes. I knew some things were gonna happen during the game but I was only on the pitch to enjoy myself. Today was all about enjoyment and to collect all the love I received and give back, which I have done for four years. It feels amazing."

It was a bit emotional when you picked up them and walked off?

ZLATAN: "It was very emotional, something I will never forget."

How much is grief and how much is joy? How would you say it's divided?

ZLATAN: "I think it's 90 % joy and 10 % grief. I have never experienced and ending like this. I can't describe it. From day one when I came here and what I had to go through.

ZLATAN: "The saddest part is that I'm leaving the team. I have never been part of a group like this even though I've played in the biggest clubs. This was something special. Because those who came in the beginning.. It wasn't like in the clubs they played in before, it was to build up, build up, build up, both on and off the pitch. Four years later we can all recognoze that I made it."

"That was the vision, that's why I came here. It was a big challenge but I dealed with it all."

We're trying to gather this evening emotionally, where do we arrive?

ZLATAN: "Magical, I can't describe it. Everything went like it was supposed to. Exactly everything. From when I woke up to when I left the hotel, on the way in here.. It's indescribable. Best ending I could get. The best. I don't need more than that."

You looked very moved, Zlatan, during certain parts of the ceremony most of all.

ZLATAN: "I was very moved. Speciellt when the kids came in. If Zlatan sheds a tear, it's emotional. And that's what I did when the kids came in."

"King" and "Legend" on the shirts (on the kids), who came up with the idea?

ZLATAN: "It was probably themselves. One of them feels like a king and the other one like a legend. And I am those two things so it was a perfect combination."

You say it's been tough and an exciting project, what has been the hardest?

ZLATAN: "In the beginning. I came from Milan where everything was 100 % and perfect. We played on full stadiums, or wait, well it was also full here, but larger stadiums. And everything from going from a horrible pitch to the best one, well everything, all the small details which I was part of building. It wasn't easy, it was a huge transition. So I can stand here proud and say that I made it. "

Where will the dreams take you now, Zlatan?

ZLATAN: "To Euro. To get to experience Euro in France and just enjoy it. Then afterwards... We'll see."

You said you know where you are going.

ZLATAN: "I know where I'm going."

Is there a signature signed or is it almost there?

ZLATAN: "The future is written."

Source: Fotbollskanalen

2016.05.14 | PSG-Nantes 4-0

ZLATAN HONORED AND BROKE ANOTHER GOAL RECORD

Zlatan broke the record, the Swedish national anthem sounded, the crowd went mad and in ran Zlatan's two sons Maximillians and Vincent with one PSG-shirt each with the names 'King' and 'Legend' on the back.

That's how Zlatan's last game on Parc des Princes ended.

It doesn't get more Zlatan than that.

 

FULL GAME REPORT.

2016.05.13 | psg.fr

"I AM VERY PROUD OF THESE FOUR YEARS"

Zlatan will not play in the PSG-shirt next season. That was announced both by Zlatan himself on social media and by the club through a press release today. He says that he will return to Paris in the future though.

 

PSG have published several worthy images thanking Zlatan for the four years in the club as well as the powerful video above. They have posted the following statement on the website:

 

"After discussions between Paris Saint-Germain and Zlatan Ibrahimovic's agent, the club and the player have agreed not to renew the player's contract, which expires on 30 June 2016.

They have also agreed that once his playing career is over, Ibra will join the capital club's management.

 

Paris Saint-Germain will remain forever grateful to Zlatan for his four extraordinary seasons at the club that have seen him become the club's all-time leading scorer and one of its greatest ever players. Ibra has largely contributed to transforming Paris Saint-Germain into one of Europe's biggest clubs.

Named Ligue 1 Player of the Year three times in four years, he will once again display his desire for victory in next Saturday's Coupe de France final, where he will be looking for a 12th trophy in Rouge et Bleu and for whom he has scored 152 goals in 178 matches, in all competitions.

 

Paris Saint-Germain wish him every success in the future."

 

ZLATAN: "I am very proud of these four years. I have loved every minute I have spent here. In the last few years, PSG has become a huge club on the international scene and I played a major role in the metamorphosis."

"Now the time has come for me to take a new path. I would like to thank all my teammates, the technical staff and everyone at the club. My heart is with the fans. They have always been amazing, from day one. They are the best fans in France."

"This is not goodbye, we will meet again. I came here as a king and I leave like a legend. But I will be back!"
(PSG's website)

Zlatan posted this image on social media today.

 

Where he will play next season remains to be announced...

 

Source: psg.fr.

2016.05.11 | Zlatan Unplugged

ZLATAN'S THOUGHTS AFTER BORDEAUX-PSG

Zlatan scored his 46th goal of the season when PSG drew 1-1 away against Bordeaux in the second last Ligue 1-game of 2015/16. Zlatan had to go off in the 71st minute with some pain, read Zlatan's thoughts after the game.

 

Tonight's match ended 1-1, and Bordeaux continues to be the only team PSG hasn't beaten during this year's Ligue 1 season. What do you think of the draw tonight?

ZLATAN: "Not many chances for neither one of the teams."

You scored 1-0 for PSG, the 300th league goal in your career, as you headed a ball from Angel Di Maria in the 71st minute. Tell us about the goal.

ZLATAN: "A good ball and I steered it in. A good goal."

You were substituted in the middle of the second half, and seemed to be having some injury problem. Was this what caused you to leave the match early?

ZLATAN: "Felt something in the muscle."

How does the injury feel now, and do you think it's an injury that will affect you at all after today's match?

ZLATAN: "I hope not."

Source: Zlatan Unplugged.

2016.05.11 | Bordeaux-PSG 1-1

PSG DREW AGAINST BORDEAUX

Bordeaux and PSG quite justly split the points in tonight's battle in Bordeaux.

Zlatan scored again and went up to 36 league goals.

On Saturday it's time for the last league game of the season.

 

FULL GAME REPORT.

2016.05.08 | UNFP Awards

WON THE AWARD FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR SEASONS

Zlatan has once again been selected the 'Ligue 1 Player of the Year'.

He received the 2015/16-award on the UNFP awards ceremony in Paris tonight.

Ibra was also selected in the 'Ligue 1 Team of the Year'.

 

It's the third time in four years he has been selected 'Ligue 1 Player of the Year' and it's the fourth straight year since he came to France he has been selected in the 'Ligue 1 Team of the Year'.

 

Zlatan selected 'Ligue 1 Player of the Year': 2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16.

Zlatan selected in 'Ligue 1 Team of the Year': 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16.

 

Zlatan posted this image of his two awards on his balcony in Paris with the caption:

"Best player of the year. Best team of the year. Hard work pays off."

 

LIGUE 1 WINNERS AND NOMINÉES TROPHÉES UNFP 2015/16.

 

 

LIGUE 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2015/16.

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ, Paris Saint-Germain.

 

Nominées:

Lassana Diarra, Olympique Marseille.

Angel Di Maria, Paris Saint-Germain.

Hatem Ben Arfa, Nice.

 

 

LIGUE 1 TEAM OF THE YEAR 2015/16.

Goalkeeper: Steve Mandanda, Olympique Marseille.

Right defender: Serge Aurier, Paris Saint-Germain.

Central defender: Thiago Silva, Paris Saint-Germain.

Central defender: David Luiz, Paris Saint-Germain.

Left defender: Maxwell, Paris Saint-Germain.

Midfielder: Marco Verratti, Paris Saint-Germain.

Midfielder: Lassana Diarra, Olympique Marseille.

Midfielder: Blaise Matuidi, Paris Saint-Germain.

Attacker: Angel Di Maria, Paris Saint-Germain.

Attacker: ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ, Paris Saint-Germain.

Attacker: Hatem Ben Arfa, Nice.

 

 

LIGUE 1 YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2015/16.

Ousmane Dembélé, Rennes.

 

Nominées:

Vincent Koziello, Nice.

Thomas Lemar, AS Monaco.

Adrien Rabiot, Paris Saint-Germain.

 

 

LIGUE 1 GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR 2015/16.

Steve Mandanda, Olympique Marseille.

 

Nominées:

Anthony Lopes, Lyon.

Vincent Enyeama, Lille.

Kevin Trapp, Paris Saint-Germain.

 

 

LIGUE 1 MANAGER OF THE YEAR 2015/16.

Laurent Blanc, Paris Saint-Germain.

 

Nominées:

Thierry Laurey, Ajaccio.

Claude Puel, Nice.

Stéphane Moulin, Angers.

 

Source: Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels.

 

 

Please visit The Awards to see Zlatan's all individual awards and nominations through his career.

2016.05.07 | Zlatan Unplugged

ZLATAN'S THOUGHTS AFTER AJACCIO-PSG

Zlatan scored another goal, Cavani a hattrick and PSG their own Ligue 1-record for number of points in one season when they beat Ajaccio 4-0. Read Zlatan's thoughts after the game.

 

As expected the match against Ajaccio ended in a comfortable win for PSG. You played the whole match and scored a goal. Result 4-0. What do you think of the win?

ZLATAN: "A dull match where one team didn't seem willing to play."

For once, it's another name that is most common on the scoring table after tonight's match as Edinson Cavani got three in the back of the net for PSG. What can you say about your striker collegue's performance?

ZLATAN: "Great fun, and a great performance by him."

We got to see an unusual starting player as the Frenchman Christopher Nkunku played 78 minutes on PSG's left wing. What are your impressions of the young midfielder?

ZLATAN: "He's a big talent."

In the last seconds of the match you scored the last goal of the match, your 35th league goal this season. Can you describe the goal?

ZLATAN: "A good ball from Maxwell, and I just put it in."

Source: Zlatan Unplugged.

2016.05.07 | Ajaccio-PSG 0-4

PSG BEAT THEIR OWN LIGUE 1-RECORD

To be honest Zlatan didn't do much in tonight's game.

Until the very end.

Then he scored his 45th goal of the season and PSG beat their own record for number of points during a Ligue 1-season, 92.

Edinson Cavani scored a hattrick.

 

FULL GAME REPORT.