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Zlatan Ibrahimovic 'super happy' with Man Utd deal: Mou and I are winners!

Manchester United have announced the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The 34-year-old Swede was a free agent after his contract at Paris St Germain expired at the end of last season.

Judging by his first interview, in which the most repeated word was 'win', Ibrahimovic has every intention of bringing success to Old Trafford.

"I am super excited, super happy. Finally it has been done," he told MUTV.

"There has been a lot of talk but we were not at the moment where everything is done and now the hard work starts.

"I played in the Euros and there was more talk about my future than the Euros.

"Finally everything is over and I can focus on my new club and do as good as possible and leave everything behind me.

"I think my decision was pretty easy, it was more to make it possible.

"I compare it with the (Floyd) Mayweather and (Manny) Pacquiao fight - they said it would never happen but it happened.

"I'd like to thank United and Jose Mourinho, obviously, because they made it possible.

"My decision was the easiest part. The rest was a puzzle but the puzzle came together and all of us are happy."

Ibrahimovic has played under Mourinho before, at Inter Milan in 2008-9 winning the Serie A title together, and the Portuguese has obviously had a huge influence on the enigmatic Swede.

"I have great memories. The only regret I have with Jose is I had a short time with him, one season, but we won together and had a great time together and I learned a lot.

"I got to know him as a person not only as a coach. He's a winner, I'm a winner and we both know what we want: wherever we go we win and we will win.

"I think it is a big challenge for me. Wherever I went I won and I am looking forward to this new adventure, a new chapter in my life.

"I don't know how many players had the possibility to play in the competitions I have and at the same time be winning.

"I know my mentality and I come to win. I want to win but behind everything is hard work and that is what I come to do."

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