Ibrahimovic’s crude confession: “I hardly slept for six months due to pain”

Injured and in severe pain, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hardly slept “for six months” but kept his “promise” to lead Milan to the 2021-2022 Serie A title, the 40-year-old striker confessed on Thursday. operated on Wednesday on a knee, and that he will be away from the pitch until 2023.

One day after this surgical intervention in the French city of Lyon, in which his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee was reconstructed and after which he will be out for seven to eight months, the Scandinavian star gave no clues about his future , but he did confess his ordeal on Instagram.

“For the last six months I played without an anterior cruciate ligament in my left knee”, confessed the scorer in the publication he shared through his official account. But, that was only the beginning of a very hard experience, one of the ones that marked him the most throughout his extensive career.

“Swollen knee for six months. I was only able to train with the team 10 times in the last six months. I received more than 20 injections in six months. I had to remove fluids from my knee once a week for six months. I took painkillers every day for six months. I hardly slept for six months because of the pain. I had never suffered so much, on and off the pitch.”he continued.

Ibrahimovic had already undergone surgery on his left knee in June 2021, which caused him to miss the European Championship with the Swedish national team and disrupted his start to the season. Zlatan has also missed several games this season with Achilles tendon problems.

The announced time off unleashes uncertainty about the future of the former Barcelona and PSG striker. But beyond his problems, the center forward showed his chest for having contributed to the title of the Rossoneri, who won their 19th ‘Scudetto’ on Sunday and the first since 2011.

“I did the impossible possible. In my spirit there was only one goal, to allow my teammates and my coach (Stefano Pioli) to be champions of Italy because I made a promise to them. Today I have a new anterior cruciate ligament and a new trophy”he concluded.