{"id":1108023,"date":"2019-09-24T13:20:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1108023"},"modified":"2019-09-24T15:42:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:42:05","slug":"man-utd-urged-no-brainer-zlatan-ibrahimovic-signing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-urged-no-brainer-zlatan-ibrahimovic-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd urged to make &#8220;no-brainer&#8221; Zlatan Ibrahimovic signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Clayton Blackmore has urged his former club Manchester United to re-sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic, describing the move as a &#8220;no-brainer&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His call follows the Red Devils&#8217; latest setback this season \u2013 a 2-0 defeat at West Ham \u2013 under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could we see Zlatan return to Man Utd? Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined Man Utd as a free agent in 2016, reuniting with former Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;d go on to make 53 appearances in all competitions, registering 29 goals.<\/li>\n<li>Ibrahimovic helped the Red Devils win the League Cup and Europa League.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s since joined LA Galaxy where he&#8217;s bagged 49 goals across 53 matches.<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Man Utd defender Clayton Blackmore feels it&#8217;s a &#8220;no-brainer&#8221; for him to be brought back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7373702-tammy-abraham-can-equal-a-unique-luis-suarez-feat-vs-liverpool<\/p>\n<p>The loss at the London Stadium saw forward Marcus Rashford sustain an injury and the England international joins Anthony Martial in the physio room.<\/p>\n<p>During the club&#8217;s summer rebuild, Solskjaer allowed divisive Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku to depart for Inter Milan without bringing in a direct replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Mason Greenwood, who turns 18 next month, has made sporadic appearances but Blackmore \u2013 who enjoyed 12 seasons at Old Trafford \u2013 feels they must return to an old face.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1105242\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/fifa-20-every-player-drop-out-top-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1105242\" class=\"wp-image-1105242 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"FIFA top 100 drop outs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1105242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/fifa-20-every-player-drop-out-top-100\">Every player to drop out of the Top 100 for FIFA 20<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ibrahimovic previously made 53 appearances for the club between 2016 and 2018, registering 29 goals in the process, and he&#8217;s presently lighting up the MLS with LA Galaxy for whom he has scored 49 times in 53 games.<\/p>\n<p>Following Man Utd&#8217;s meagre showing against the Hammers, Blackmore made his feelings known on Twitter about where the enigmatic Swede&#8217;s future should lay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I definitely think we should ask Zlatan to come back, we need a target man \u2013 he\u2019s the best target in the world,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Raheem Sterling or Kevin De Bruyne? Man City Fans Quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2l5a5DFXllk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;6ft 5in black belt, he\u2019s proved in the MLS he can still do it. I thought we let him go because his knee was dodgy \u2013 we\u2019ve now given Zlatan and Rooney [away] for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won [the] Europa League, League Cup and Community Shield when he played for us. Thirteen years ago, the Barcelona goalie out-run Zlatan \u2013 he doesn\u2019t run much yet he scores goals [at] every club he plays for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need a target man so all our kids with pace can play off him [in a] 4-4-2 [system], and close [them] down quicker. Here ends the lesson, it\u2019s a no-brainer.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clayton Blackmore has urged his former club Manchester United to re-sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic, describing the move as a &#8220;no-brainer&#8221;. His call follows the Red Devils&#8217; latest setback this season \u2013 a 2-0 defeat at West Ham \u2013 under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Could we see Zlatan return to Man Utd? 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