Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanted to end his career at Napoli - before deciding to join Manchester United, according to agent Mino Raiola.
Ibrahimovic moved to Old Trafford from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer in July.
But Raiola told Italian radio station CRC that Ibrahimovic said he wanted to make Napoli his last club after playing in a farewell match for former Juventus defender Ciro Ferrara.
Raiola said: "Was Ibra approached by Napoli this summer? The presidents who talk to me, they know what is said remains between us. We chose United recently, it was our goal, Ibra was also the club's aim, and we're now where we needed to be,
"All I can say is at Ciro Ferrara's farewell game at the San Paolo, Zlatan called me and told me: "Mino, I want to end my career in Naples.
"That's because the mentality of the Neapolitans is the one closest to his, and if the league remained as it was back then, he might have done just that."