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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's PSG future 'a big question mark' - Laurent Blanc

Paris Saint-Germain manager Laurent Blanc says he has no idea whether star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will extend his stay at the club.

Ibrahimovic, 34, is out of contract at the end of the current campaign and he has already been linked with a host of clubs and a move to the United States.

The Swedish striker has not ruled out staying in Paris, however, and PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi said last month that the club would discuss the possibility of offering their record scorer a new deal.

Ibrahimovic has already scored 10 goals in Ligue 1 this season to help the defending French champions into a commanding 13-point lead at the top of the table.

Blanc says the former AC Milan and Barcelona forward is clearly still capable of dominating matches and is important to PSG's system.

But the former France manager is unsure if Ibrahimovic will be in the French capital next season.

"That's the big question -- it's a big question mark," Blanc said at a news conference on Thursday. "A lot of people will have to give their opinion and I'll certainly be one of them.

"But when a player is coming to the end of his contract, it's above all what the player wants to do that's important.

"So it's necessary to put that question to Ibra. We'll have to see if he wants to continue the adventure here in Paris -- if the club is in a position to offer him an extension.

"I think we'll have a little time to do that even if you [the media] will be informed, maybe even before me.

"But for the moment it's not the main talking point because we're still in the middle of the league."

PSG have gone 16 league matches without defeat at the start of the season but they were held to a 0-0 draw at Angers on Tuesday.

A tough run of fixtures continues with an away game against fifth-placed Nice on Friday and they will also face fourth-placed Lyon and second-placed Caen before a short winter break.

But Blanc has called on his players to target maximum points from those matches so that they can leave for their Christmas holidays in good spirits.

"Before a game, our discussion is almost always the same," he said. "Our objective, for every match, is to take the three points.

"We have some interesting matches until the break and some points to take. The league is a marathon. We have nine points to take -- that's the challenge."