I have conquered England in three months: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed he had only one individual target after joining Manchester United and it was to conquer English football which he did in just three months. When asked if he was chasing Chelsea's Diego Costa to become PL's top scorer, he replied, "No, I'm not chasing anybody. I'm chasing...the Premier League. That is my aim."
When Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced that he is not staying in Paris if the Eiffel Tower was not replaced by his statue, he was touted to take a backseat in his career for the first time. After four successful seasons, scoring 122 goals for Paris Saint-Germain, the Swede at the age of 35 was expected to move to Major League Soccer (MLS). However, Jose Mourinho was named Manchester United manager in the summer and he turned to the mercurial Swede to bring back the glory days at the Theatre of Dreams. Zlatan being Zlatan, accepted the challenge and at the twilight of his career set towards the hardest and perhaps the only challenge that was left in his football career - play in England. (Also read: Evergreen Zlatan Ibrahimovic likens himself to fine red wine)Ibrahimovic hit the ground running straightaway responding to Eric Cantona's 'King' comments by saying that he does not want to be the 'King of Manchester' but the 'God'.After 33 games for the English team, the boy from Malmo has scored 18 goals and provided four assists to stamp his authority in Manchester. (Also read: Jose Mourinho hails Zlatan Ibrahimovic the 'superman' after Manchester United win)The self-proclaimed 'legend' of Paris, Ibrahimovic, is United's top scorer this season and is only one behind Chelsea's Diego Costa in the race for the Premier League Golden Boot, who leads the charts with 14 goals. But, Ibra kept his ego aside and insisted that he is not thinking about toppling Costa as he is pursuing team glory. "No, I'm not chasing anybody," he said, when asked by ManUtd.com about overtaking Costa. "I'm chasing the head trophy - the Premier League. That is my aim. The individual things come as part of the main objective because that is like a bonus for every individual player," he added.