Zlatan Ibrahimovic has explained why he turned down a move to Arsenal after a meeting with Arsene Wenger.
The Swedish striker hung up his boots for good earlier this year at the age of 40, after an illustrious career that saw him play for some of Europe's top sides.
Ibrahimovic did spend two seasons in England with Manchester United but he also turned down a move to Arsenal when he was younger as he did want to undergo a trial.
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"When I was young, I had a lot of interest from a lot of clubs, and one of them was Arsenal," Ibrahimovic said in an interview with Piers Morgan.
"So, I came to the office of Mr Arsene Wenger, and it was a big hype because I saw these players, Bergkamp, Henry, I saw Ljungberg, I saw Vieira, I saw all these players, and I was like 'F**k, this is big', because these players I see on TV, even if I already played in high level Sweden."
"But this was big, because this was like, 'I am here now'. Last week I was playing PlayStation with these guys. And I spoke with Wenger, and he has this French, he was tall, I didn't expect him to be so tall."
"I came in his office and we spoke and he was like, 'What do you want?' He wanted to get to know me, to feel me.
"Because I think he is a type of person, he just don't buy the player, he wants to know what he is buying I think. In the end, he had an Arsenal shirt with Number 9 and, 'We want you to come and do a trial for two weeks.
"'I don't do trials, either you want me or you don't want me, or else why am I here?' That was me, but it was not to play a game, it was me. 'No, but you have to come and do a trial' and then, 'No, no, you don't understand, I don't do trials'. That was it, I never went to Arsenal."
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