Zlatan has some difficulties right now “- Aftonbladet

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was heavily criticized after the match against Lyon at the weekend.

Now admit PSG’s coach Laurent Blanc to the big star, just like the whole team, is in a problematic period.

– The player Zlatan has some difficulties at this time and our role is to help him and give him the best chance, says Laurent Blanc.

It blows cold winds around Paris Saint-Germain. Last week, revealed the French journal Giants L’Equipe and Le Parisien that there was a rift within the team.

Both papers concluded that the group was divided, that coach Laurent Blanc was discredited and that some players felt that the Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his friends out for special treatment.

After the effort against Lyon on Sunday, it ended in a draw, given the team’s Swedish star strong criticism in the French media.

When Laurent Blanc today met the press for a scheduled press conference, PSG face Caen in the morning, he received, among other things, answer questions about just Ibrahimovic.

Blanc began by pointing out its role.

– You do your job, my role is not to comment on everything you write. I have a role to prepare the team as best as possible, it is not easy in Paris or in any other club either, he says, and continues:

– I have always said that Zlatan, and I repeat is a key player in the group, a leader of the Paris Saint Germain. And with that said, I stop there. What you say and say may be true, or not. I do not know. What interests me is Ibra player.

“Hands in other clubs as well”

– The player Zlatan has, he, too, faces some challenges right now, and our role is to help him and give him the best chance, says Laurent Blanc.

Some of the criticism after the game is all about why Blanc not replaced Ibrahimovic, and although it gave an overall Laurent Blanc answers.

– It is one of the team’s great players. It happens at other clubs as well that you can not replace important players. Zlatan change frequently, you know that. There is a player who is motivated to play every game. When he scores, he does more, says Blanc.

Questions about his own future never came during the press conference.

Leonardo can return

But the speculation in the media is many.

According L’Equipe be the next week’s performance against SM Caen (tomorrow), Toulouse and Barcelona in the Champions League to be crucial and the proposed substitute is Leonardo, former sports manager who claimed to be due for a comeback in the club.

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi However after the Lyon game last weekend (tie) denied that Laurent Blanc is moving away.