Friday 20 October 2017 19:52, UK
Jose Mourinho is confident Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be available for Manchester United before the end of the year.
The Swedish striker - who has been regularly updating his Instagram followers of his rehabilitation from a knee injury - has this week begun doing some very light ball work with the club's coaching staff at Carrington.
Ibrahimovic signed a new one-year deal at United on August 24 after the first serious injury of his career cut short a stellar first season at Old Trafford earlier this year.
The player's doctor Freddie Fu has warned against rushing his return and United boss Jose Mourinho had previously suggested he will not play for the club in January but has reassessed that prediction.
"(Paul) Pogba is not here I don't know when he will be back," he said.
"Zlatan is working under our control here as I would expect. He is working so, so hard but he won't be back in the next week or the next couple of weeks.
"He needs to take his time and come back in the right moment. Do I feel he will be back in 2017? Yes I do. But it's just a feeling."
