Ibrahimovic announces departure from PSG

PARIS — Zlatan Ibrahimovic confirmed Friday that he will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of this season, but the French champion said the Swedish star will eventually return in a “management” role. “My last game tomorrow at Parc des Princes. I came like a king, left like a legend,” wrote Ibrahimovic on Twitter, ending speculation that he could extend his contract with PSG beyond this season. Ibrahimovic, whose existing deal expires on June 30, will make his final home appearance for the club in its last Ligue 1 game of the season against Nantes Saturday. However, he will then run out in a PSG shirt one more time when it faces Marseille in the French Cup final on May 21 at the Stade de France. “After discussions between Paris Saint-Germain and the agent of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the club and the player have mutually decided not to renew his contract,” PSG said. “They have also agreed that once his playing career is over, Ibra will join the management of the club in a position of responsibility.” In the meantime, Ibrahimovic will make his French swansong as a player when he turns out for Sweden at Euro 2016 in June. There has been widespread speculation about the 34-year-old former Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona and AC Milan star’s next destination. He has been linked with a move to the English Premier League, while his agent recently suggested he could return to AC Milan and Major League Soccer is another potential destination. One report in Italy earlier on Friday said he was “90 percent” likely to continue his career with LA Galaxy. Ibrahimovic, who last weekend was crowned France’s player of the year for a record third time, has enjoyed enormous domestic success with PSG since moving to the French capital from Milan in 2012, winning the Ligue 1 title in each of his four seasons. If Paris wins the French Cup next week, it will have completed a clean sweep of the domestic honors for the second year running and Ibrahimovic will have won 12 trophies with the club. “I am very proud of the last four years. I have loved every day I have spent here,” Ibrahimovic said. “PSG has become a star club internationally and I have played a major part in that transformation. “The time has now come for me to take a different path. “This is not a farewell but simply a goodbye for now. I came here like a king and leave as a legend. But I will come back!“ Chelsea offers Terry new one-year deal Chelsea captain John Terry has been offered a new one-year deal, the English Premier League club said Friday. The 35-year-old centre-half, who has spent his entire senior club career with the west London side, is out of contract at the end of the season. In January, he said he would not be extending his time at Stamford Bridge, only for Chelsea to counter that a new offer was possible. And on Friday a Chelsea spokesperson said: “(Director) Marina Granovskaia and (chairman) Bruce Buck met with John and his agent this week and offered him a one-year contract extension. “With it coming so late in the season, this is a big decision for John and his family and it is something that they are now considering.” There had been speculation that last week’s loss at Sunderland, where Terry was sent off, marked the end of his Chelsea career as he is now banned from Sunday’s final game of the season at home to Leicester City — its successor as Premier League champion. — Agencies