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Zlatan Ibra Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been released by Manchester United, according to the Premier League. The 35-year-old, who is out of contract this summer and recovering from a serious knee injury, was not on United’s list of retained players when it was published on Friday. The former Sweden international now looks set to officially leave Old Trafford when his current deal expires on June 30. Ibrahimovic scored 28 goals in 46 games last season following his free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain last summer, but a knee ligament injury suffered against Anderlecht in April threw his long-term future into doubt. And with no prospect of the striker playing again until January at the earliest, United have decided against triggering an option to keep the ex-Barcelona and Juventus man for another year. Jose Mourinho is already trying to sign a replacement for last season’s top scorer — cooling his interest in Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann in favour of purs...

5. Eden Hazard   Football has a funny way of messing around with history, for three straight seasons, the sensational Belgian Eden Hazard has had a direct hand in where the premier league title tilts and he’s just done it again, with Westbrom hosting the blues in what proved to be the last drop of the gush of everything brutal from the Stamford Bridge Landlords,the mesmerizing Belgian stood up and got counted as resolute Westbrom went in to act the spoilers. He may have had a season to forget last term, every Chelsea player bar Willian did but from the word go this season he’s made amends in emphatic manners, he added more goals to his game and comes good whenever the big Brazilian upfront decides to go awol. It can be argued by critics but expect the best of Hazard as it’s going to be upward and forward for him, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi gradually packing up with age, Neymar, Isco and Dybala have Hazard to worry about when Ballon’dor is...