5 Players That Left Europe Too Early

#1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic: From Manchester United to LA Galaxy

The lion left the jungle too early.

As this article is being written, Zlatan has scored a hattrick against Orlando City to have the Galaxy win 4-3 over Orlando. This makes it 12 goals for Zlatan in his last 8 games. Adding to that, Zlatan also has the best goals to game ratio in the MLS and 4 assists to go with his 15 goals in the league already. Why did he leave Europe when he clearly had so much more to offer?

Zlatan scored 28 goals and provided 10 assists in his only full season at Manchester United. That is tremendous output considering the Swede had turned 35 that season. His contribution is still more than what Romelu Lukaku provided United with last season and Zlatan led United into winning three trophies in one season.

His knee injury may have impeded his progress at United, but he clearly came back from it, considering what he is doing in the MLS right now.

Zlatan is the oldest player on this list, but age had never been an issue for Zlatan. Joining United after a 50 goal season at PSG, it is a shame to have seen Zlatan leave for Los Angeles.

Unlike the other players on this list, Zlatan has taken a massive pay-cut to go there. Perhaps he just wanted to slow down after the tremendous career he has had, but it is is still tough to see Zlatan leave, even though he had at least a season or two left in him.