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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Considering Sweden National Team Return for 2018 World Cup

Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has left the door open for a possible return to the Swedish national team ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

As reported by Reuters' Philip O'Connor (h/t the Daily Mail), the 36-year-old spoke to reporters at the opening of his new paddle tennis centre in Stockholm, and he expressed a desire to return to international football:

"We'll see, it's a tough question. I want to feel that I can perform and give back. I don't want to come just because I'm somebody.