Have Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s tattoos disappeared? Here’s the truth to those pictures of Manchester United striker

MANCHESTER UNITED star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has lost his iconic tattoos that covered his body.

Whilst his United teammates enduring a gruelling pre-season in the summer, the Swede uploaded a video to his Instagram where he was on a beach in Los Angeles.

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But all questions quickly turned to the mystery of where his tattoos had vanished to.

The 34-year-old was snapped during his time at Paris Saint-Germain with his body plastered in ink, before revealing the truth as to what each tattoo meant.

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However the truth is that the tattoos were temporary to raise awareness of global issues.

This included having the names of 15 people suffering from hunger in the world and his first tattoo written in white ink which only appeared when he was tanned.

Ibrahimovic, who described that getting inked "became a drug for me", does still have permanent tats on his arms and torso.

The experienced striker stepped on the toes of Anthony Martial after being handed the No 9 shirt for the upcoming season.