For one thing, goals. The Swede has scored 302 career goals in 484 league games. Thirty-eight of those goals came in Ligue 1 last season, a league total only surpassed by Luis Suarez in Europe's top five leagues. In Ibrahimovic's four years at Paris Saint-Germain, only Cristiano Ronaldo (148) and Lionel Messi (143) have scored more league goals than Ibrahimovic's 113.
Newly installed Man United manager Jose Mourinho will be hopeful that Ibrahimovic can continue that trend in the Premier League. Last season under the now-departed Louis van Gaal, United finished fifth in the Premier League en route to their worst offensive season since 1992-93. The Red Devils finished in the bottom half of the league's shots and sho
Assuming Ibrahimovic can score on Premier League defences at a rate similar to his career numbers, Man United could be expected to challenge for the title. That will certainly be the Swede's ambition.
In his first season with each of his past six clubs (PSG, AC Milan, Barcelona, Inter, Juventus and Ajax), Ibrahimovic has won a league title. With those six clubs, he's won 13 league titles in the past 15 seasons.
Mourinho and United will certainly be hopeful that Ibrahimovic's looming arrival will be enough to bring the Premier League title to Old Trafford for the first time since 2012-13 -- the club's longest league-title drought in the Premier League era.
ts on target categories, and were just its 10th-highest-scoring team.
Source: ESPN
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