Zlatan Ibrahimovic has spoken about his new life outside the field in the microphones of the Swedish "podcast" "ABTalks": "Cardinal made me an offer that I could not refuse. I started working with the club three or four months ago and I say it's going well. Retiring from football was difficult because of my ego, because of what I think I am the best. I'm still the best, I could have continued, but I chose to stop."
The reasons that convinced Zlatan to "hang up his shoes": "I want a good life for my family. I wanted to be able to do things with my kids, if I had carried on I wouldn't have been able to do a lot of things because I had problems with one knee, so I accepted it, I got to a point where I said "in ok, start a new chapter in your life".
Ibra also spoke about his wife, Helena, and the relationship with the family: "My wife always tells me 'remember who took care of you before you started taking care of the family'." She gave up her career for me. He accompanied me in everything I did, gave me everything and gave up everything for me.
People may think we are a family living a life of luxury, but Helena washes and cooks. The only help we have is a cleaner. "Of all the schoolchildren (in the United States), only my children rode bicycles."
Thoughts on Mino Raiola: "When he passed away, it was a heavy blow for me. I cried a lot. And it's not over yet. I miss her so much… Everyone who knows me knows how close we were.”