Football news - Zlatan Ibrahimovic reveals how he was 'forced out of Milan' by Adriano Galliani

The Swede has been repeatedly linked with a return to Milan from MLS, and he has reiterated that he did not want to leave in the first place.

He has spoken of the poor treatment he received by Galliani in being pushed out of the Rossoneri behind his back.

Ibrahimovic has said he was told that the club "won't sell you", only for Galliani to go back on his word with a secret deal.

“Galliani told me: ‘don’t worry Zlatan, we won’t sell you’,” Ibrahimovic recalled in a preview to his new book.

“A few weeks later I was at my house in Vaxholm, I’d just been out jet skiing when I saw I had five missed calls from Mino [Raiola, his agent].

“‘OK, Leonardo will call you’ Mino said. Leonardo? Leonardo who? Then suddenly I realised: he was talking about Leonardo, the PSG sporting director.

“I said to Mino: ‘I won’t answer his call, Galliani confirmed to me that he won’t sell me’. Then Mino simply told me: ‘I know, but they’ve sold you already’.

“When I spoke to Mino that summer I told him we’d make it difficult for PSG. I wanted to keep my Milan salary and I wanted them to say something like: ‘dude, you’re exaggerating, you’re asking for too much’.

“I wanted to use that for them to pull out. So I told Mino to write down everything I wanted. I listed all my wishes and when I was finished I told Helena [his wife] that they’d never accept that, it was impossible.

“Just 20 minutes later though, Mino called me and said: ‘you’ve got everything you asked for’. After that there was no turning back.

“I told him: ‘OK, get everything ready’. I’m a man of my word, when I say I’m going to do something I do it.”

Ibrahimovic's quotes appear to make it less likely that he will be granted a return to Milan, but you never know with the Swede.