My kids and Jose Mourinho pestered me to join Man United, says Zlatan Ibrahimovic

EFL Cup final hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he would never have signed for Manchester United if his children and Jose Mourinho had not persuaded him to.

My kids and Jose Mourinho pestered me to join Man United, says Zlatan Ibrahimovic

EFL Cup final hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he would never have signed for Manchester United if his children and Jose Mourinho had not persuaded him to.

The Swede scored United's opener and winner in a 3-2 victory over Southampton at Wembley on Sunday with his boss Mourinho joking that supporters should "go to the door of his house" to encourage him to stay at Old Trafford for another season, with his future unclear beyond the end of this campaign.

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