Former Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is sure that the Swedish media are experiencing xenophobic feelings towards him.

Ibrahimovic completed his career in the Swedish national team after Euro-2016. However, after the "tre krunur" qualify for the 2018 World Cup, there were rumors that Zlatan could return to the national team.

The attacker several times hinted that he would not mind such a development of events. However, Zlatan eventually remained outside the application, and blames the Swedish media.

"The World Cup is the main party in the world of football. There are collected all the best players. And if Zlatan is not there, then ... He should be there, but he is not there, "said Ibrahimovic.

"The Swedish media say that the national team is better off without me, so I believe them. This is a typical mentality of the Swedish media. I do not have a typical Swedish name. I do not have a typical Swedish attitude, behavior and all that. But despite this, I have a record for goals for the national team of Sweden ".

"And I still won what I won.

I played for Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, ??Milan, PSG, Manchester United and now for Galaxy ".

"So if you do not know how to play in a team, then why do you play for the biggest clubs in the world and win? Believe me, I know how to win. And I'm good at that ".

@Ibra_official talks #WorldCup pic. twitter. com / Cajy61QK02 - LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) June 8, 2018.

Swedes will play at the World Championships in Group F together with Germany, Mexico and South Korea.