Zlatan Ibrahimovic re-signs for Manchester United and vows to finish what he started after penning one-year Old Trafford deal

• Born in Malmo, Sweden, to a Bosnian father and Croatian mother on October 3, 1981
• Played in various youth teams in Malmo but was close to quitting football at age 15 to become a dock worker
• Signed his first pro contract with Malmo FF in 1996, making his debut in 1999
• Has won 11 league titles in four countries with Ajax, Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain - would have been two more but his Juventus titles were stripped over the Calciopioli scandal
• Helped Manchester United to the League Cup and Europa League but suffered a serious knee injury that ended his Old Trafford career
• Has scored 420 goals in 723 matches and is also Sweden's all-time top scorer with 62 goals in 116 international matches
• Three time winner of Serie A player of the Year, three-time winner of Ligue 1 player of the year and voted four times in the Uefa Team of the Year
• The only player to have scored a goal in De Klassieker in Netherlands, Derby della Madonnina and Derby d'Italia in Italy, El Clasico and Derbi Barceloni in Spain, Le Classique in France and the Manchester Derby and North-West Derby in England
• In 2016-17 he became the oldest player to reach 15 Premier League goals in a season

By Sam Peoples, The Peoples Person

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC lived up to his reputation in his debut Manchester United season – but I fear his second may not be as fruitful.

Only a cruel double ligament injury stopped Zlatan from becoming our first striker since Robin van Persie to score over 30 goals.

A return doesn’t come as a surprise, but is it the right thing to do for Man United?

Nobody can argue against Ibrahimovic’s presence as an individual.

His cocksure confidence helped United regain our identity last season.

Players around him pushed their shoulders back and United stormed to a cup double in Mourinho’s first year in charge.

This was thanks largely to Ibrahimovic’s 28 goals and the influence he had on all those who lined up with him.

He’s no Eric Cantona but his impact was profound on a squad which lost its winning mentality and arrogance.

However, for all of his goals there was a lot of frustration about Ibrahimovic’s style of play and lack of clinical finishing.

Nobody missed more clear-cut opportunities for United last season than Zlatan and his instinct to drop deeper to receive the ball left United without a striker when crosses were fired into the box.

With a real lack of pace, Ibrahimovic wasn’t able to play the same sort of role Romelu Lukaku is shining in this season. And herein lies the issue with United re-signing Ibrahimovic.

Will a man who refers to himself as "god", "king" and a "lion" really be willing to accept a bit-part squad role at United this season behind Lukaku as our main No9?

From an egotistical point of view, Ibrahimovic will be chomping at the bit to return.

He wants to add the Premier League medal to his collection - he’ll be desperate to win it this year. However, Zlatan's return has to benefit United first and foremost.

I love seeing Ibrahimovic back in a United shirt but this season he will have to be willing to be a squad player rather than one of the first names on the team sheet every week.

When fit, Ibrahimovic started pretty much every match last year and was never substituted by Mourinho - that simply couldn’t be the case this season.

United’s storming start to the season with eight goals in two games has got fans rubbing their hands together.

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen such ruthless goalscoring that doesn’t stop after one or two.

A huge factor behind that is the pace in the team; Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba are putting Lukaku in behind defences and they cannot catch him.

Replace him with Ibrahimovic and that simply isn’t possible, United won't have that pace up front and our style will have to be adapted because of it.

There are certainly matches where Ibrahimovic’s presence and experience could prove crucial for United.

We’re back in the Champions League this year and while Zlatan may have never won the competition, having somebody like him as an option is something Mourinho will love to have.

On the other hand, United’s thrilling start to this year has been built around a style of football Ibrahimovic isn’t capable of being directly involved in and that’s going to be the big question mark over his return to United.

Fans do have concerns about United bringing Ibrahimovic back, both from a playing style point of view and in how much Mourinho might default to starting him more often than not.

What we’ve seen at the start of this season is a new-look United and I do fear that the return of Zlatan could see United take a step back towards the style of 2016/17 at times.

That being said, can United really afford to say no to bringing back a striker so prolific?

ROMELU LUKAKU has come in to 2/1 to finish as the Premier League top scorer.

The Belgian scored twice against West Ham on Sunday to put an immediate market down in the Golden Boot race.

Harry Kane, who has NEVER scored a goal in August, is 2/1.

And there is value to be had in Alexandre Lacazette.

He is 8/1 even after scoring on his debut against Leicester last week.

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