PSG star Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he will not be at club next season

Posted Monday, March 14, 2016 by ESPN

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has told beIN Sports that he will not be at PSG next season, after his four goals helped the club seal the Ligue 1 title with a 9-0 romp at Troyes.

"For the moment, I will not be at PSG next season," the 34-year-old said. "I still have a month and a half left here."

Ibrahimovic, who is out of contract at the end of the season and has been linked with a move to the Premier League, said he would stay "if they replace the Eiffel Tower with a statue of me."

PSG president Al-Khelaifi, also quoted by beIN Sports, said the club wants Ibrahimovic, who has scored 101 Ligue 1 goals for the team, to stay.

"Paris is magic. Ibra is magic. We want Zlatan to stay," he said. "We will speak with him."

The president praised PSG for being "focused from the first to the last minute" as the team destroyed Troyes to seal the championship. He targeted success in the Champions League by adding: "This is only the first stage of the season. It is not finished."

On Friday, Ibrahimovic's agent said the PSG star had already made up his mind about his future -- but would not reveal his decision until the summer. The former AC Milan and Barcelona striker has been linked with a host of clubs, including a move to the Premier League.

Speaking to Swedish newspaper Expressen, agent Mino Raiola said: "We know what we want. But we won't say anything until the summer, when the season is over. We have a clear idea of what we want to do. I know what he's counting on doing, but we don't want you to know for the moment."

Le Parisien reported Friday that there was a "common desire" for Ibrahimovic to stay in the French capital for at least a fifth season.