{"id":583029,"date":"2021-02-09T02:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=583029"},"modified":"2021-02-09T02:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:40:46","slug":"ac-milan-preparing-to-offer-zlatan-ibrahimovic-a-contract-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/09\/ac-milan-preparing-to-offer-zlatan-ibrahimovic-a-contract-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan Preparing to Offer Zlatan Ibrahimovic a Contract Renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"

AC Milan are reportedly preparing to offer a contract renewal to 39-year-old striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic<\/a>. The Swede’s existing deal expires at the end of the current season.<\/p>\n

The news is being carried by Italian reporter Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, who also claims the Serie A<\/a> leaders are negotiating new deals for midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu<\/a> and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AC Milan to Begin Contract Negotiations With Zlatan Ibrahimovic<\/h2>\n

The Striker Has Been Timeless Since Returning to the San Siro<\/h3>\n

Ibrahimovic brought up 500 goals in club football with a brace during AC Milan’s 4-0 win over Crotone on Sunday. The striker’s goals have come throughout a career that has seen him represent no fewer than nine different clubs, but it is Stefano Pioli<\/a>‘s side that is currently enjoying the benefit of the 39-year-old’s ageless performances.<\/p>\n

Ibrahimovic himself will feel that an extension to his current spell in Milan – his second stint at the club having also played for them from 2010 to 2012 – is richly merited. This season alone, he has plundered 14 goals in only 11 league appearances, having suffered from coronavirus and calf injuries at different stages of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Some had questioned whether the veteran goalscorer’s time at the pinnacle of club football had come to an end following a potentially career-ending knee injury suffered whilst at Manchester United<\/a> in April 2017. However, following a two-year stay in MLS<\/a> with LA Galaxy, Ibrahimovic returned to the European game in 2019 and has since led AC Milan to their current position at the top of Serie A.<\/p>\n

AC Milan Also Want Calhanoglu and Donnarumma Extensions<\/h3>\n

Whilst extending Ibrahimovic’s playing career into his 40s is a priority for AC Milan, the club are also keen to tie Hakan Calhanoglu and Gianluigi Donnarumma down to new deals.<\/p>\n

Like Ibrahimovic, both offensive midfielder Calhanoglu and goalkeeper Donnarumma are under contract at the San Siro until the end of the current season.<\/p>\n

Ibrahimovic and Donnarumma are both represented by Mino Raiola, with Milan already in negotiations with the agent over the future of their 21-year-old goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

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