ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has been lined up for a sensational boxing power aft holding concealed talks implicit FaceTime.
The erstwhile Manchester United striker has a martial arts inheritance with a achromatic loop successful taekwondo.
These days, helium is overseeing operations astatine ex-club AC Milan after hanging up his boots past year pursuing a glittering 24-year career.
His aged United team-mate Wayne Rooney moved into absorption pursuing status but was linked with a stunning boxing fight.
Rooney adjacent held talks with Misfits Boxing - location to celebrity-style crossover bouts - earlier deciding to instrumentality connected the Plymouth job.
And Misfits caput honcho Mams Taylor revealed helium has adjacent tried to speech Ibrahimovic, 43, into lacing up the gloves and stepping into the ring.
Taylor told SunSport: "I've tried to person Zlatan and helium tin fight. I'm bully friends with his manager and we had a FaceTime, the 3 of us.
"It was truly chill due to the fact that he's seen a batch of Misfits fights and he's followed it. He was a kickboxer, he'd beryllium a bully 1 arsenic well.
"But yeah, there's different names that aren't rather arsenic large arsenic these guys that are but inactive precise respected and person achieved a batch that are interested.
"And due to the fact that it's truthful realistic that those guys are going to fight, I'm not gonna springiness you their names.
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"But, I volition accidental that Zlatan and Wayne Rooney, there've been conversations and I deliberation it's a substance of time. At immoderate constituent it volition materialise."
Rooney's erstwhile United workfellow Danny Simpson became the first footballer connected the Misfits circuit successful August.
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He faced YouTuber Danny Aarons implicit 4 rounds with the bout ending successful a arguable draw.
Simpson's measurement into the ringing has helped animate others to instrumentality the leap with Taylor successful talks with much ex-Premier League stars to fight.
But the promoter remained coy connected the details arsenic helium said: "I'm not going to springiness you immoderate names due to the fact that I'll ruin the surprise.
"But decidedly there's immoderate truly large names and immoderate precise credible footballers, ex-footballers who person expressed interest.
"So I deliberation that's gonna unfold successful its ain time."