ZLATAN Ibrahimovic has reportedly taken a 95 per cent pay cut to sign for LA Galaxy.

The Swedish striker announced his arrival at the MLS side last week by taking out a full-page advert in the LA Times.

But despite his excitement at a new start in the States, his wage packet will take a huge hit when he heads to the West Coast.

Ibrahimovic, 36, was on a bumper £19m-a-year (AU$35m) at Old Trafford – which worked out at around £365,000-a-week ($670,000).

But Sports Illustrated, via The Sun have revealed that his new figures are much lower due to the wage restrictions in place within the MLS.

Teams are only allowed four franchise player spots, while there wage limit cannot exceed £2.8m per annum ($5.15m).

And that means Ibrahimovic’s deal is for £16,000-a-week ($29,400) and £850,000 ($1.56m) yearly.

The iconic forward’s career has taken him to some of the world’s biggest and most famous clubs.

He has scored a bagful of goals and won dozens of trophies at the likes of Ajax, Juventus, Barcelona and both Milan giants.

And it is the hunger of lifting more silverware that has led to him joining Galaxy.

Ibrahimovic explained: “After being in Europe, winning 33 trophies, playing in the best teams in the world, playing with the best players in the world, I wanted to come to the US and play my game there.

“I wanted people to enjoy my game there and to win, and I chose the Galaxy to do that.”

At least nobody can accuse him of going for one last payday.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission