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Paris-Saint Germain have started the season slowly under Unai Emery, and one of the obvious reasons for that is the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish star played a key role for the Ligue 1 club over the last few years, but not much effort was made to replace him in the summer.

The Ligue 1 champions lost just a couple of games last season, and have already been beaten twice in this campaign.

Paris-Saint Germain host Marseille on Sunday night, and there is a growing optimism among teams in Ligue 1 of getting a result in Paris.

Marseille’s defender Rod Fanni has been speaking to French website Le Phoceen, and highlighted the importance of the Manchester United star.

He said:”I will miss him, but there are others. It is good for me  to play again in this kind of match, I am very happy, this game is very special, even more for me, perhaps because I was born around here. Paris is a pressure game, there is rivalry. I like that. I hope we will do well.”

Ibrahimovic got off to a good start at Manchester United, but has failed to score in the last four games, and would certainly be hoping to find the back of the net against Chelsea on Sunday.