It's hard to recall the last 38-year-old striker returning from the U.S. to be fought over by serious European clubs. It's true that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is special, yet he's also part of a trend. The newly crowned winners of the Ballon d'Or awards, Lionel Messi and Megan Rapinoe, are 32 and 34, respectively. Cristiano Ronaldo turns 35 in February. These aren't freakish exceptions, either: Football's ageing trend is broad and echoed in other sports. It seems that even though the game has got ever...
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