AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed the total extent of his knee harm after present process surgical procedure which may threaten his profession.
The 40-year-old went underneath the knife in France this week to restore harm and instability brought on by a earlier anterior cruciate ligament harm and is anticipated to be out for as much as eight months.
Ibrahimovic, who’s out of contract in the summertime, says he “made one thing unimaginable to one thing attainable” by taking part in by means of the ache barrier and serving to Milan to the Serie A title this season.
In typical Ibrahimovic trend, he informed the world about his challenges in a dramatic Instagram submit: “For the previous six months I performed with out an ACL in my left knee.
In a submit on Instagram he wrote: “Swollen knee for six months. I used to be solely capable of practice with the workforce 10 instances within the final six months.
“Took greater than 20 injections in six months. Emptied the knee as soon as every week for six months.
“Painkillers daily for six months. Barely slept for six months due to the ache.
“By no means suffered a lot on and off the pitch.
“I made one thing unimaginable to one thing attainable.
“In my thoughts I had just one goal, to make my team-mates and coach champions of Italy as a result of I made them a promise.
“At the moment I’ve a brand new ACL and one other trophy.”
The veteran striker scored eight objectives for AC Milan this season as they received the Scudetto for the primary time in 11 years.