Sweden, Ibrahimovic won’t participate in upcoming World Cup

Despite his recent claims to the contrary, Zlatan Ibrahimovic won’t participate in the upcoming World Cup. The Los Angeles Galaxy striker had recently stated that there couldn’t be a World Cup without him, but today the Swedish federation announced on their Facebook page that Ibrahimovic won’t be part of the squad heading to Russia during the summer- team manager Lars Recht gave more details: “Zlatan Ibrahimovic had already expressed his desire to stop playing with the national team. We spoke to him recently and he confirmed to us that he hadn’t changed his mind”