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Ibrahimovic Named Ligue 1 Player Of The Season

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Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named as the Ligue 1 player of the season. This is the second consecutive season in which Ibrahimovic has won the award. This follows a spectacular season in which he has helped the club retain the league title. Ibrahimovic has been one of the best players in the French league for the last two seasons. He is also one of the world’s highest-paid players earning a reported £ 15 million per year after tax. He has more than repaid this enormous fee by managing to score 25 goals in the league.

He has also scored eight goals in just 10 Champions League outings this campaign. Ibrahimovic missed the crucial second leg against Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals. Many have felt that the French outfit would have progressed to the semifinals if the Swede had been present. Ibrahimovic thanked his teammates for helping him score as many goals after receiving the award. The presence of the 32-year-old has been rumoured to be the reason behind Edinson Cavani looking to leave the club in the summer.

Ibrahimovic has won numerous individual accolades over the years. He has also been a perennial winner of league titles in the last decade.

“I am very proud. It shows that PSG’s season was very good. Mine, too, maybe the best of my career,” said the striker after receiving the award. Ibrahimovic will not be seen at the World Cup 2014 after his Sweden team were knocked out by Portugal in the play-off round. The 32-year-old, though, still has the opportunity to finish the season on a high after having already lifted two titles with the PSG. The club has won the French cup and the league title this campaign. PSG take on Montpelier in the final match of the season.

ZLATAN MISSES OUT

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Chelsea manager José Mourinho will be delighted with the news that PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be available for the French outfit when they take on Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Stamford Bridge. Ibrahimovic is regarded as one of the best strikers in the world and Mourinho will know everything about the quality possessed by the Swedish international from his time at Inter Milan. Mourinho worked with Ibrahimovic for one year before the forward was sold to Barcelona in a deal estimated to be around £ 60 million.

Ibrahimovic is right now playing for Paris St Germain and he has helped them already to take them to the brink of the second league title in a row. He also led them to the Champions League quarter-final stage last season when they were ultimately knockout by Barcelona on away goals. He is determined to take them one step beyond and even reached the final. However, he will have to cheer on his teammates from the sidelines after a hamstring injury suffered in the first leg has proven to be serious.

He had to be substituted midway into the second-half and he will likely to miss around four weeks of action according to the club.

“We are waiting for the results of his tests. But I think he will be absent for a minimum of four weeks. He will not be playing in the return match against Chelsea, it’s impossible,” said Paris Saint-Germain owner, Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Khelaifi has also said that manager Laurent Blanc is likely to be offered a new contract after impressing in the role this season. “I have a great respect for Ancelotti who is a great coach but Laurent Blanc has done a lot to change the style and the quality of play,” said Khelaifi.