Manchester United confirmed yesterday that veteran striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has left the club with immediate effect, as he has his sights set on a move to MLS.

The Swedish frontman enjoyed a fruitful debut season in England football, before it was cut short by a knee injury sustained in the Europa League quarter-final against Anderlecht.

Not many observers expected Ibrahimovic to recover from that type of injury at his age but he came back to the extent that Jose Mourinho was willing to offer him a new deal for the 2017/18 season.

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The move looked like a risk at the time and so it has proved. Zlatan has not been able to get himself fit for any length of time and the presence of Romelu Lukaku up front closed up many of the opportunities he had last season.

Despite that, Ibrahimovic - valued at £4.5m by Transfermarkt - remains popular among United fans as the replies to his farewell tweet show. We've taken a closer look at the best of the reaction...