Ibrahimovic happy to be transforming PSG

DOHA: Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Wednesday said that Paris Saint-Germain’s transformation is a work in progress, with results in all competitions this season key to attracting the best players in the world.

“Paris is a club in major transition,” the 31-year-old former AC and Inter Milan striker said in the Qatari capital Doha, where the club is training during the French league’s winter break.

“We have some fantastic players but this project only began a year-and-a-half ago and I have only been here six months but I have seen things advance very, very quickly.”

Ibrahimovic is currently the top scorer in Ligue 1 with 18 goals and said he and his team-mates were working hard every day to improve to the standard of Europe’s biggest clubs.

He added that he had “aged 10 years” since arriving at the Parc des Princes from the San Siro six months ago.

“For me, everything has been positive but in the end everything depends on the results. If we win, everything will be better,” he added.

Carlo Ancelotti’s team go into the second half of the season joint top with Lyon and Marseille and also have a Champions League last 16 encounter with Spanish side Valencia to look forward to on February 12.

Ibrahimovic accepted that a move to PSG, whose reputation has not been matched by silverware in recent years, may have been seen as a surprise but he said the transfer was all geared towards helping the club develop.

“There are clubs like Paris or Manchester City who want to become big clubs and the best players will not necessarily decide to join a club based on their history, it will also come down to a new project and new excitement.”

“For the rest of the season, we have to concentrate on all competitions, even the French Cup. We are training every day to achieve our goals and we want to win everything.

Meanwhile, Wigan Athletic have signed Chile striker Angelo Henriquez on loan from Premier League rivals Manchester United for the rest of the season.

“We are really excited about Angelo because he is a very young man with huge potential,” manager Roberto Martinez told the club’s website on Wednesday.

“He is a goal-scorer with clever movement inside the box. We hope to have a good partnership in terms of allowing Angelo to develop as a footballer and learn the demands of the English game.”

Henriquez, who scored on his international debut in a friendly against Serbia last month, joined United from Universidad de Chile in the close season. Wigan are third from bottom in the league after losing 4-0 at home to United on Tuesday.

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