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Sweden players urge Ibrahimovic to end retirement: Your dining room seat still empty...

Toulouse midfielder Jimmy Durmaz has urged Zlatan Ibrahimovic to rethink his international retirement.

The Manchester United striker ended his career with Sweden after the Euros.

But Durmaz has told his former teammate to end his exile.

"He drew all the attention and took all the pressure away from us. But now we need that pressure divided among the whole team," he told reporters on Sunday.

"Your (Zlatan) place in the dining room is still empty," he said. "So there is still room if you want to come back..."

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