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Simon Collings

Zlatan Ibrahimovic played with no ACL for six months during Milan title charge: ‘I barely slept with the pain’

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed the extent of the knee injury he played through during the final six months of the season, insisting he could barely sleep due to the pain.

The 40-year-old underwent surgery on Wednesday to fix an anterior cruciate ligament problem, just days after he helped AC Milan win Serie A for the first time in 11 years.

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