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Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he will retire when he is no longer performing to his best:

Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring for PSG v Toulouse in Ligue 1
Image: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is looking forward to returning to boyhood club Malmo

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he will retire from professional football when he no longer feels he is good enough - but has yet to decide if his immediate future remains at Paris Saint-Germain.

The Sweden striker returns to boyhood club Malmo on Wednesday night looking to help secure PSG's place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

And speaking ahead of the match in his hometown, Ibrahimovic told reporters: "There has been a lot of talk about how this is my last year at Paris Saint-Germain, but only I will decide what will happen.

"I have not decided yet what will happen at the end of the season. I don't know what will happen at this stage. I am still enjoying my football and I am happy.

Image: Ibrahimovic says he will retire when he feels he is no longer good enough

"So long as I am feeling well, I will continue to play. Once I no longer feel good enough and can no longer reach my best level, I will retire.

"I have seen some great players who kept on playing for too long and could no longer show what they could do before and I don't want that. But I am still happy now."

Ibrahimovic started his career in the youth team at Malmo, before moving up to the first team in 1999. Since leaving Sweden in 2001, he has played for some of the top clubs in the world, including Barcelona, Juventus and both AC and Inter Milan.

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But Malmo still holds a special place in his heart, and this week marks an emotional return for the 34-year-old.

"If MFF's stadium had been five times bigger, we'd still have been able to fill it," he continued. "We want to fit all of Malmo in, but everyone can't get in.

Malmo's Markus Rosenberg scores past Shakhtar Donetsk's Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov
Image: Malmo still have an outside chance of qualification in Group A

"It'll be a large screen in the square where everyone will have a chance to see the match live. It will be a special moment."

But what about the result? Ibrahimovic's boyhood club Malmo, struggling at the bottom of Group A but still with an outside chance of qualification, or his current club PSG, who can secure their place in the knockout stages with a win?

"The perfect scenario would be if Paris win the match, I score three goals and everyone shouts my name."

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