500th goal was crucial to my new book - Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said a failure to score his 500th career goal would have spoiled his new book, which went into production during the week he achieved the milestone.

The LA Galaxy striker pulled off a wonderful piece of skill to net his side's first in a 5-3 defeat to reigning MLS champions Toronto last weekend, and he revealed that drawing a blank could have proved embarrassing.

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