Former Ajax coach Leo Beenhakker says the attitude of Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has never changed.

Beenhakker gave the Swede his debut at Ajax in 2001.

He told AD: "With Zlatan, you see it in his eyes. He already had that as a young guy. An almost unimaginable drive to be the best, to want to win.

"He was unique. It would be clever enough to say that I had predicted it all. That he would do incredibly well: something you never know for sure. But he was a pure winner: no doubt about it."

Beenhakker added:. "He has such an incredible sense of space. Look how many times he is in the right place. How he loses his opponent with one course of action, even if only two metres. That is unprecedented, brilliant."