{"id":1138457,"date":"2020-03-26T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1138457"},"modified":"2020-03-26T22:21:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:21:24","slug":"zlatan-ibrahimovic-leeds-united-transfer-talk-ac-milan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/zlatan-ibrahimovic-leeds-united-transfer-talk-ac-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Zlatan Ibrahimovic held Leeds United transfer talks before joining AC Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The owner of Leeds United has revealed he held &#8220;concrete&#8221; talks with Zlatan Ibrahimovic over a possible switch, before the Swede opted for AC Milan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The 38-year-old returned to the San Siro in December on a free transfer after parting company with LA Galaxy, signing an\u00a0initial six-month deal with the option of a further 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How close was Ibra to joining Leeds? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ibrahimovic was available on a free transfer following his departure from LA Galaxy.<\/li>\n<li>He has rejoined AC Milan on an initial six-month deal, with the option of a further year.<\/li>\n<li>However, the experienced Swede was in discussions with Leeds prior to his Milan move, according to the club&#8217;s owner.<\/li>\n<li><span>Andrea\u00a0Radrizzani has also revealed Leeds tried to persuade Edinson Cavani to join in January.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Ibra has scored four goals in 10 games since returning to AC Milan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7533381\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since re-joining Milan, Ibrahimovic has scored four goals in 10 games, including against arch-rivals Inter Milan as the Rossoneri were chasing a top six finish in Serie A, before football in most of Europe was put on hold.<\/p>\n<p>But the Swedish star could have been helping <span>Marcelo Bielsa and his side try to gain promotion from the Championship and return to the Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to <span>Radrizzani the club were in talks with Ibra, but the seasoned striker ultimately opted for a move back to Italy rather than the English second tier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke with Zlatan Ibrahimovic more concretely&#8221;, Radrizzani told\u00a0Sky in Italy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gianlucadimarzio.com\/it\/andrea-radrizzani-intervista-leeds-bielsa-mercato-cavani-ibrahimovic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He could have given us that decisive push but he decided to go to AC Milan. He has been very honest and transparent with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t just one global superstar the Elland Road club were pursuing during the winter window. <span>Radrizzani went on to admit the Whites were keeping tabs on a certain PSG marksman, Edinson Cavani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: &#8220;We need to be rational and coherent with the strategy of both coach and team. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takumi Minamino: How Japanese fans support Liverpool&#039;s new signing | \u5357\u91ce \u62d3\u5b9f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qsprIbhfVE?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=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I did not even speak with [coach] Marcelo Bielsa about Cavani and Ibrahimovic because we never got to the stage that we could sit down and talk about them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leeds were unable to land the world class forward they craved in January, but they did manage to secure the services of one elite-level forward in Jean-Kevin Augustin.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old has mustered only three appearances so far, with Leeds currently top of the Championship table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of Leeds United has revealed he held &#8220;concrete&#8221; talks with Zlatan Ibrahimovic over a possible switch, before the Swede opted for AC Milan. 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