Never one to be short of an opinion or a story, Zlatan Ibramimovic took time out from criticising Cristiano Ronaldo for suggesting Lionel Messi should move to Italy for a new challenge, by suggesting that 'Zlatan', as he likes to call himself in the 3rd person, might well make a surprise return to the Premier League in a short term loan capacity with a 'big club' in London.

We of course thought this information was a bit of 'click bait' even though it came from an Italian Radio media outlet, but unbelievably the story does have legs! Currently resting with his family, the 'top notch' one is well aware of Manuel Pellegrini and West Ham United, indeed he was nearly signed a few years ago before Hammers bid was blown out the water by a far more lucrative offer from Manchester United.

Ibrahimovic was quoted as saying "I've played in England, Spain, Italy, Portugal and for my national team, for me life is a challenge that I like and I like to make people happy. There has been talk of a Cameo role at a 'big club' in London on a short term basis but negotiations are at an early stage".

Since moving to LA Galaxy in the MLS, Ibrahimovic has scored 22 goals in 27 appearances, David Sullivan is a known admirer of Ibrahimovic and although he was unable to put a deal together before, it is thought that with the added gravitas of having Manuel Pellegrini a short term loan deal could be negotiated.

Of course all of this is assuming Marko Arnoutovic will be off to China as looks increasingly likely, not everyone has the longevity of Zlatan who is a bit of a generic freak from the same gene pool that Pablo Zabaleta must have come from! We'll have more on this later, time zones prevailing. - Ed