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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, missed out on World Cup after retiring from international football five years ago. Ibrahimovic came out of international retirement in March and appeared in Sweden's last two World Cup qualifiers.
However, his hopes of an international swansong at the age of 39 were curtailed by a cruciate ligament injury in May. Though the ligament is not broken, Ibrahimovic will still be unable to return in time for the big tournament in which Sweden face Spain, Poland and Slovakia. Sweden coach Janne Andersson said: "I spoke to Zlatan Ibrahimovic today, who unfortunately told me his injury will prevent his participation in the European Championship this summer.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Spanish La Liga View team list. Why is Zlatan Ibrahimovic not at the World Cup?
New, comments. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Though his fitness for a full World Cup, at least to some, was still in doubt. The Swedish media is out to get him, according to him This theory was espoused by Ibrahimovic himself, who argued that it was pundits in Sweden who pushed the national team to leave him out of its plans for the World Cup.
Loading comments But Andersson is strengthened by the whole episode. He was the bigger man. Now he can return to his work - the work that took Sweden to the World Cup quarter-finals in - knowing that he did all he could.
But did he really have no issue recalling someone who had questioned him so publicly? I don't look back and think, 'Oh, he said that'. I don't care. I meet the person. I talk with the person. Either we reach an agreement as we did here, per cent. Or not. Then we can leave it behind us and move on in that way. My job is to get results and if there is a player who is good enough to be in the team then, of course, I have to investigate and talk to him.
I have to try to find a way that we can work together. Andersson's pragmatism is illustrated by the process that led to the player's recall. It was in November, after receiving his prize as the best Swedish player, that Ibrahimovic declared his desire to play for the national team again. That was enough to prompt action. Before that, he had just been talking but this time he said it like he really meant it.
He wanted that too so I went to Milan. We talked about what had happened over the last few years. We put that away and decided to talk about the future. It was at the next meeting in February that Andersson really laid out his plans, making a detailed presentation outlining his vision for Ibrahimovic's role on the pitch and off it.
It was like when I was a club coach buying a new player. We needed to explain to him that we work like this. Zlatan was new to our club. In this national team, we work in this way.
We had no problems at all. He came in March and he was really good. As a player, of course, in the two games that he played, but also as a person off the pitch, as a leader for the young players.
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