LA Galaxy: Edinson Cavani is Zlatan Ibrahimovic without the mess

The LA Galaxy are reportedly moving to sign Edinson Cavani as a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. While the ageing European route is a little outdated in MLS, Cavani provides much of the quality Zlatan did without the egotistical mess.

The Los Angeles Galaxy have always erred towards the big name. They just cannot help themselves. David Beckham, Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan, Steven Gerrard, though the less said about the latter the better.

But in the past two seasons, they might well have topped even all of those huge European names as Zlatan Ibrahimovic — the apparently all-conquering Zlatan Ibrahimovic — led the line in LA.

On an individual basis, Zlatan was superb. He scored 52 goals and…