Ibrahimovic no longer has automatic shirt at Manchester United – Mourinho

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has warned Zlatan Ibrahimovic that he has to fight for his spot in the team.

Ibrahimovic scored 28 goals in all competitions for the Red Devils in his debut season, which ended early with a knee injury.

However, the club has decided to re-sign him on a one-year contract .

The 35-year-old will not be fit to play until the new year and is not guaranteed playing time, especially after the club signed Romelu Lukaku during the transfer window.

“No, no, no, no. Zlatan is going to arrive into a made team,” Mourinho told reporters on Friday.

“He is going to arrive mid-season with the team playing in a certain way and with players having what I call the functional links in the dynamic of the team, so nobody should be worried with Zlatan.

“We need a striker and we have one striker just around the corner that belongs to our family, that likes to be with us and play for us. We know him well and he is one of the best strikers in the world so the only consequence of it is we are going to have a much better squad.”

Mourinho added: “Zlatan knows me. And he knows that I play the players that I think are the best for the team. I always did it. “I always did that in my life so if he comes here and he proves that he is the best, he plays. If the other ones don’t give him a chance to prove that, that’s life. But I try always to be honest with my players and with my team. I try.

“Maybe sometimes I do not do the correct things. But I always try to do.”

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