Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be a part of the L.A. Galaxy in 2020.
The club announced Wednesday that both parties mutually agreed to part ways. Ibrahimovic was linked with a return to the club, but the striker announced his decision via Twitter.
I came, I saw, I conquered. Thank you @lagalaxy for making me feel alive again. To the Galaxy fans – you wanted Zlatan, I gave you Zlatan. You are welcome. The story continues…Now go back to watch baseball pic.twitter.com/kkL6B6dJBr
— Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) November 13, 2019
“We would like to thank Zlatan for his contributions to the LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer,” LA Galaxy President Chris Klein said. “Since his arrival in 2018, Zlatan has positively influenced the sport of soccer in Los Angeles. We are grateful for his work ethic and passion. We thank Zlatan for his professionalism and immeasurable impact on the Los Angeles community and the soccer community in North America as a whole.”
Ibrahimovic joined in 2018, and went on to tally 52 goals and 17 assists in 56 appearances for the LA Galaxy. After 22 goals in 2018, Ibrahimovic helped the Galaxy reach the MLS Cup Playoffs this season, scoring 30 goals in 29 appearances.
Despite Ibrahimovic scoring a goal and assist against LAFC in the Western Conference semifinals, the Galaxy were eliminated by a 5-3 scoreline.
With Ibrahimovic’s departure, the Galaxy now have a major void to fill at the striker position. The 38-year-old accounted for 52% of the Galaxy’s goals in 2019.
The unspoken piece being, there is no way LA wanted to sign him, he will decline eventually and that is probably now.
LA got what they wanted, goals, money, next….
I wasn’t a fan of the LAG, but always tried to watch their games just to see Ibra play. Good luck Zlatan, you will be missed!
as entertaining a spectacle at every game in which he participated as any player ever in MLS. worth every penny, loved him here in the USA. Thank You
52 goals in 56 appearances! Anyone else in league history come close to that rate?
Josef Martinez
Martinez- 77 goals in 83 appearances, is the closest.
and Josef Martinez, unlike Z, wont be an insignificant footnote, almost completely forgotten in short order.
A conquering with no pillaging of even a single piece of hardware? Great one way player- no defense. Entertaining but…. not so good for team building. The Galaxy were less than the sum of their parts. They’ll be better served finding another center back and Pavan-Like signings.
‘Now go back to watch baseball.’ Now that is funny. And it not being grammatically correct makes it even funnier.
Fun to watch. Didn’t conquer (except for LAFC maybe). Just another blip on the MLS timeline.