Atletico Madrid president, Enrique Cerezo, has admitted that
they held talks with Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s representatives.
Cerezo however insists the La Liga club, would not pursue
the opportunity of signing him.
Ibrahimovic was released by Manchester United after scoring
28 goals in 46 games and then suffering a knee ligament injury lasts season.
AS reported that Ibrahimovic’s cousin Selman Yalcin, had
spoken about Atletico’s interest. But the club’s transfer ban would mean they
could only register him in January 2018, by which stage he would be likely to
have returned to full fitness.
But Cerezo, speaking to reporters at an event to mark the
renaming of a metro station outside Atleti’s new Wanda Metropolitano stadium,
said: “Maybe we spoke with his family, but not with him.
“We are taking another line. We can talk about it in
January, when we can sign people, but I don’t think it will happen.”
Cerezo said the ban was complicating any chance the club had
of bringing Diego Costa back from Chelsea, adding: “The problem is that we
cannot sign — if not for that, we would be delighted to try and improve the
team a bit.”
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