PARIS -- Zlatan Ibrahimovic completed his move to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, saying he joined "the dream team" after becoming the big-spending French club's most high-profile signing.
PSG missed out on the league title last season despite spending more than $123 million on players and it has upped the ante this offseason, topping it all with the transfer of Ibrahimovic from AC Milan in what sporting director Leonardo dubs "the biggest deal in this club's history."
"I want to thank PSG and Leonardo," Ibrahimovic said. "They made something impossible possible and now I am very happy. It's a big step in my career, another dream come true.
"I know there's been a big media interest in this. It's been more intense than when I moved to Barcelona. I'm very excited in this project. I'm here to make history and I will enjoy all the trophies we bring home."
The Sweden captain has signed a three-year contract with PSG, worth a reported $17 million net a year, $2.5 million more than he earned at Milan.
"It seems that I will finish my career here, but that's what I said at Milan too," the 30-year-old Ibrahimovic said. "You never know what will happen. But I'm not thinking about that at the moment, I'm thinking about winning during my time here."
PSG has paid a reported $25 million for Ibrahimovic, taking its summer spending on new players to an estimated $137 million.
The club's Qatari owners are intent on turning the club into a European power and have already signed Ibrahimovic's former Milan teammate Thiago Silva and Napoli's Ezequiel Lavezzi this preseason. Midfielder Marco Verratti was also introduced Wednesday after completing his move from Pescara.
Leonardo said there will be no more signings this offseason, even though the club has been infused with seemingly limitless amounts of cash since a member of the ruling family in oil-rich Qatar bought the Paris club a year ago. Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani's Qatar Sports Investments now owns 70 percent of the club.
PSG's huge outlay last season included spending a French record $55.4 million on Argentine playmaker Javier Pastore, as well as signing winger Jeremy Menez from Roma, midfielder Mohamed Sissoko from Juventus, defenders Maxwell from Barcelona and Alex from Chelsea, along with midfielder Thiago Motta from Inter Milan.
"I come to a dream team and the dream team will continue to grow," Ibrahimovic said. "They will do everything to win and I want to be part of that. I'm going to be playing with the best players in the world. They've also bought the best defender in the world, Thiago Silva, and as long as I have him behind me I don't need to look back.
"Who doesn't want to be here? This is the future and I believe in this, this is the most important. When you look at the team it's really a dream team. It's the future not only of French football but also in Europe and even the world."
Italian media has said Ibrahimovic was forced out of Milan after the club decided the fee for an aging player was too good to turn down.
"I'm very happy I was there. Milan gave me my smile back," Ibrahimovic said. "I will always have very good memories of Milan. I was very happy. I don't want to put a shadow over my time at Milan, they made it very easy for me to come to PSG."
Ibrahimovic joined Milan from Barcelona on loan in 2010 and the move was made permanent the following year. With 28 goals, Ibrahimovic was Serie A's top scorer last season -- a feat he also achieved with Inter in 2009.
The Sweden captain spent three seasons at Inter and two at Juventus, winning the Serie A title every year -- although the two he won with Juventus were later revoked because of a match-fixing scandal.
Although PSG has not confirmed the financial terms of the deal, the French media is reporting that only the signings of Russian Anzhi Majachkala and Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o were worth more.
French sports minister Valerie Fourneyron called the terms "astronomical" and "unreasonable," and added that the deal shows "the absence of all regulation," a criticism also voiced by the previous sports minister, Roselyne Bachelot.
PSG president and sporting director Nasser al-Khelaifi, who directs the entity that controls Qatar Sports Investments, said the club will respect the French laws. QSI bought PSG last year and has spent more money on the transfer market than any previous team, including deals made by Abu Dhabi United Group for Manchester City.
"We think this signing is good for French soccer," he said.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.