Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic has great intelligence, like Gareth Barry - Dimitar Berbatov
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Updated 13/01/2017 at 14:28 GMT
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has at least two more years at the top of the game, according to the club’s former striker Dimitar Berbatov.
Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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And Berbatov also revealed that the other veteran player he takes inspiration from is Everton vice-captain Gareth Barry.
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Dimitar Berbatov in his days with Manchester United
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"He can play for another two years, maybe more," Berbatov said.
"He has that class and understanding of the game and also when to push himself and not waste energy, just the right moment at the right time and he's there scoring goals. He has football intelligence.
And then of course you have Gareth Barry at Everton. I tend to watch the older players to see how they are playing and I admire both of them because, at this age, in football, it is very difficult to maintain a high level of performance. For both those players to do this is worthy of admiration.
Berbatov, who scored 49 goals in 82 Premier League appearances for Manchester United, is not stylistically dissimilar to the club’s current centre-forward, although that isn’t always a good think – as he himself admitted:
Not everybody loves the way I play. I have my own kind of play, that's why me and Zlatan are similar in this kind of way.
And – as a current free agent – the former Tottenham and Fulham striker is hopeful of returning to the game this year, preferably in England.
"Everything is possible," Berbatov said. "Just to smell the grass one more time, especially in England."
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