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Ibrahimovic close to signing AC Milan contract extension, confirms Maldini

Paolo Maldini has confirmed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is close to signing a contract extension with AC Milan.

Ibrahimovic is fast approaching the final two months of his current deal at San Siro, having been handed a fresh one-year agreement last summer.

The 39-year-old has struggled with injuries throughout the 2020-21 campaign, but Maldini says steps are being taken to tie the forward down to fresh terms, with talks over a renewal at an advanced stage.

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What's been said?

Asked for an update on a potential new contract for Ibrahimovic, Milan's technical director told Sky Sports Italia: "We are very close, only very few details are missing.