In the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Europa League between Manchester United and Anderlecht there was a very annoying episode for all fans of football. One of the most brilliant and charismatic players of our time Zlatan Ibrahimovic was horribly traumatized.

After a high jump in an attempt to play the head the Swede landed very badly, injuring the knee. Forward could not get up from the lawn before the arrival of physicians, and left the field only in the company of doctors.

Earlier it was reported that Ibra will miss the rest of the season, but now there is even more depressing information. According to the website of GianlucaDiMarzio, Zlatan got a cruciform ligament rupture, and will be able to return to the field not earlier than January of the next year.

Thus, the approximate period for the restoration of the Swede will be 9 months.

Given such a serious damage, Ibrahimovic may pause to think about retirement, because at the age of 35 years recover from such injury and return to the field is incredibly difficult.

Nevertheless, we all know the strength of Zlatan's character, who can overcome even such an eerie damage and for several more years "spry" outside Europe.

For 46 matches in the T-shirt MJ Ibrahimovic scored 28 goals.