Ibrahimovic will score more than 30 league goals - Papin

26 Sep 2012, 12:04 am   -   Source: Reuters
Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts during his team's Champions League soccer match against Dynamo Kiev at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, September 18, 2012. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts during his team's Champions League soccer match against Dynamo Kiev at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, September 18, 2012. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic will become the first player since Jean-Pierre Papin to score at least 30 goals in a French league season, the former France striker predicted on Tuesday.

PARIS (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic will become the first player since Jean-Pierre Papin to score at least 30 goals in a French league season, the former France striker predicted on Tuesday.

Sweden's Ibrahimovic, who joined Paris St Germain from AC Milan during the close season, has already netted seven goals in the opening six rounds of matches and is on course to break the 30-goal barrier Papin was the last to reach in 1990.

"He is impressive. I think he will beat my record of 30 goals in one season," Papin, who reached the tally when playing for Olympique Marseille, told French daily Le Parisien.

Papin, who scored 30 goals in 54 caps with France, believes however that Ibrahimovic will fall short of the French professional-era record of Josip Skoblar, who netted 44 goals in the 1970/71 season for Marseille.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Mark Meadows)

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