The Montpellier coach has welcomed the arrival of the Sweden international in Ligue 1, but at the same time, has admitted that stopping the striker from scoring this season would be tough
The 30-year-old joined the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-Silva-c34903 at Paris Saint-Germain, following the completion of his move from Serie A side, AC Milan earlier this month.
Ibrahimovic announced his arrival in tremendous fashion against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/DC-United-c38901 on Saturday. The prolific striker needed only three minutes to score his first goal for the Ligue 1 outfit.
Rene Girard is of the view that the arrival of the former Barcelona man in Ligue 1 will benefit French football. However, the Frenchman is planning to stop the Swede from making a huge difference on his own next season.
"It's always good to have star players in our league, for the fans and the players," the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international told reporters.
The 58-year-old believes that Ibrahimovic’s arrival will also benefit other players in the Ligue 1. Girard said that it will be challenging for other players to play against the former Milan man, who has performed brilliantly over the years for some of the
best clubs in Europe.
"Particularly for the players it's going to be a good challenge for them to try to stop a top class player like Zlatan. It's not going to be easy. It's up to us to try to find the solutions and ingredients to make sure that he doesn't make a difference on
his own.”
The Montpellier boss stated that PSG have a lot of quality players in addition to Ibrahimovic, and it will be interesting to see them play in the Ligue 1 next season.
"Paris Saint-Germain also have a lot of very good players so it's not just Ibrahimovic. It's going to be interesting to see Ibrahimovic up close and it's going to be a good challenge for us trying to stop him."
Paris Saint-Germain paid 23 million Euros to AC Milan for the signature of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 international was top scorer in Serie A last season scoring 28 goals for the Italian giants. In addition to that, the 30-year-old provided 9 assists
for his team-mates in 32 appearances for the club.
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