Zlatan Ibrahimovic now partial club owner

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is shedding football for entrepreneurship as he acquired roughly 25 percent of the shares in Stockholm-based football team Hammarby, the club said Wednesday.

The 38-year-old former Juventus, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United forward has bought 50 percent of American sporting and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group’s (AEG) stake in the Swedish team, according to a separate statement by AEG.

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AEG also owns LA Galaxy where Ibrahimovic has played the last two MLS seasons, although he has confirmed he will leave when his contract runs out at the end of the year.

Ibrahimovic had hinted that something was in the works earlier this week when he posted a short video on Instagram showing a football jersey in Hammarby’s colours and the name Ibrahimovic on the back.

He said he would not have a playing role for Hammarby.