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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has undergone successful knee surgery and will be able to resume his career once he has recovered, according to his agent.

The Manchester United striker suffered damage to his anterior cruciate ligament during the Europa League quarter-final win over Anderlecht less than two weeks ago and flew to Pittsburgh in the United States for his operation last week.

There were initial concerns Ibrahimovic, 35, had sustained a potentially career-ending injury but his agent Mino Raiola clarified Ibrahimovic would play again.

"Zlatan Ibrahimovic has undergone successful knee surgery. He will make a full recovery AND HAS NOT SUFFERED A CAREER-ENDING INJURY," Raiola has confirmed in a statement.

"The procedure was performed by Freddie Fu, M.D., and Volker Musahl, M.D., of the UPMC Sports Medicine programme in Pittsburgh."

"Zlatan has started rehabilitation at UPMC and will remain under the care of Dr.Fu and Dr.Musahl throughout his recovery.

"Zlatan and the medical team are not available for interviews at this time. Additional updates will follow at a later date."

United manager Jose Mourinho was prepared to still offer Ibrahimovic a second season with the club out of loyalty but it is understood Ibrahimovic refused the offer out of pride.

In an Instagram post last week, Ibrahimovic said: "First of all, thank you for all the support and love.

"It's no news I got injured so I will be out of football for a while.

"I will go through this like everything else and come back even stronger. So far I played with one leg so it shouldn't be any problem. One thing is for sure, I decide when its time to stop and nothing else. Giving up is not an option. See you soon."

Ibrahimovic scored 28 goals in 46 appearances for United, netting winners in the Community Shield and EFL Cup final.

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