Sporting News · Jan 9, 2017
Ibrahimovic wins court case over doping allegations
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Getty Images)Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has won a defamation case against a former athletics coach who accused him of doping during his time at Juventus.
Ulf Karlsson, who was head coach of Sweden's athletics team between 2001 and 2004, claimed last year that Ibrahimovic must have used performance-enhancing substances in order to build muscle mass.
"Zlatan gained 10 kilos of muscle in six months at Juventus. That is impossible in such a short time," he said in a panel discussion, before adding to newspaper Nya Wermlands-Tidning: "I think he was doped. I am convinced."