Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed that he has been without an anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee for the past six months. The Big Swede lifted the Serie A title for the 7th time and the 2nd with the Rosoneri.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has shared this struggle in his social media. “For the past six months I played without an ACL in my left knee,” Ibrahimovic wrote on Instagram on Thursday. “Swollen knee for six months.
“I was only able to train with the team 10 times in the last six months. Took more than 20 injections in six months. Emptied the knee once a week for six months. Painkillers every day for six months. Barely slept for six months because of the pain.
“Never suffered so much on and off the pitch. I made something impossible to something possible.
“In my mind I had only one objective, to make my teammates and coach champions of Italy because I made them a promise.
Today I have a new ACL and another trophy.”
Things were always not this optimistic for the striker,as earlier in the season he said: “I will certainly keep playing for as long as possible, as long as I can get results and am not suffering.
“I want to end my career without regrets, so I have to maximise my time.”
