Soccer:Zlatan Ibrahimovic has completed his long-awaited transfer from AC Milan to big-spending Paris St Germain. Ibrahimovic was widely expected to finalise his transfer today and the Swedish international has ended the speculation by signing a three-year deal with PSG after a fee reported to be €20 million was agreed.
The 30-year-old will now link back up with former Milan team-mate Thiago Silva, who joined PSG on Saturday. Ibrahimovic, who had a contract with Milan until June 2015, was Serie A’s top scorer last season, netting 28 goals as the Rossoneri finished runners-up to Juventus.
The former Barcelona, Juve, Inter Milan and Ajax striker is the latest big-money signing to arrive in the French capital as PSG bid to win the Ligue 1 title for the first time since 1994 after finishing runners-up behind Montpellier last season.
Earlier this month PSG signed Ezequiel Lavezzi from Napoli with French media suggesting the club paid an estimated €30 million for the Argentina forward. Last summer Les Rouge-et-Bleu signed Argentina playmaker Javier Pastore from Palermo in a deal reportedly worth €37 million.
"I want to thank PSG because they made something impossible possible,” Ibrahimovic said today at the at the Parc des Princes. “It's a big step in my career. Another dream come true. This is a very interesting project. I had no doubts about it when Paris contacted my manager.
“Everything was clear in my head. I want to be part of this history. I'm sure we'll write this history. I'm here for winning."
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