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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's legacy is about to grow with news that a movie about the Manchester United star's life story is under development.

The football icon himself is set to star in the movie which is in the making.

A leading Swedish film company has revealed that they are planning to shoot a movie based on the life of Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The budget of the film is estimated at 5 million euros.

The film which football fans all over the world are eagerly waiting for will tell the story of Ibrahimovic's childhood in a 'harsh, underprivileged suburb' of Sweden called Malmö with his immigrant parents from the Balka and the hardships they had to undergo.

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The movie will also detail how Zlatan left Sweden and came to play for Ajax and Juventus, with Ibrahimovic himself co-producing the film.