Ibrahimovic takes Rooney’s No.10 after signing new Man Utd deal

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has taken the No.10 shirt vacated by Wayne Rooney after signing a new one-year deal with Manchester United.

The Red Devils confirmed on Thursday that the 35-year-old Swede would be returning for a second season at Old Trafford as he continues to work his way back from a torn knee ligament suffered in April.

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With Ibrahimovic’s No.9 shirt since taken by off-season signing Romelu Lukaku, the striker has returned to the number he previously wore for Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden.

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Ibrahimovic will now follow in the footsteps of players such as Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Teddy Sheringham, Mark Hughes and Denis Law by wearing the No.10 jersey at United.

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