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Roar! United star Ibrahimovic says he's a lion

Never one to shy away from self-descriptions, Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he is a lion as he continues to defy his age and critics in the Premier League.

Legend, king, god, Indiana Jones - those are just some of the ways Ibrahimovic has described himself throughout his illustrious football career.

"What I bring, I bring a package. I bring my experience from the other clubs I've been in, I bring what I have achieved, I bring the person that I am," Ibrahimovic said.

"I'm an animal. I feel like a lion. The lion is born a lion. It means I'm a lion!

"I feel in good shape. I train hard. People who know me from the locker room know that I train very hard.

"I have an objective every season I go into. And to reach that objective I need to train hard and I need to suffer when I train that is how I achieve what I achieve.

"I'm from the old school where they work hard and get what they get from doing the hard work not like the new school where it is easy to get what you want."