Swedish striker Marcus Berg set to leave Al Ain in summer

With only a few months left on two-year contract, 32-year-old player 'looking and listening for other options'

Soccer Football - Club World Cup - Semi-Final - River Plate v Al Ain FC - Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates - December 18, 2018  Al-Ain's Marcus Berg celebrates and own goal and their first goal scored by River Plate's Javier Pinola       REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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Al Ain striker Marcus Berg expects to leave the UAE champions at the end of this season as the striker weighs up options for the next step in his career.

The Swedish international, 32, has only a few months remaining on his two-year contract and, even though the original deal includes a clause to renew, he will almost certainly move on this summer.

"More or less everything points in that direction," Berg told Swedish publication Aftonbladet. "Both the club and I are on the same level regarding that. I won't stay in Al Ain. I'm looking and listening for other options."

Signed in June 2017 from Greek side Panathinaikos, Berg finished his first season as the Arabian Gulf League's top scorer. His 36 goals in 36 matches in all competitions fired Al Ain to a first league and President's Cup double in their history.

This campaign has been altogether different, however, with Berg finding the net 14 times in 32 appearances. In 2019 alone, he has a solitary goal in 13 matches as Al Ain have slipped to fourth in the table.

Reports in Sweden earlier this week claimed Berg was close to a return to IFK Gothenburg, the club with which he began his profession career.

"It’s true I’ve been speaking with people in the club," Berg said. "It’s more than 10 years since I left, but there’s still people there that I know very well, that I speak to on a regular basis. We have spoken to each other again, but it’s not more than that.

"With IFK, them as with all other clubs that are talking to my agent, I will listen to all kinds of offers that I receive, compare them and see what’s best for me and my family.”

Berg, who turns 33 in August, believes he remains some way from finishing his career.

“I still feel I have several good years in front of me as a player,” he said. “The last year I haven’t had any really difficult injuries and if I don't have any bad injuries I think I can play for - if it’s two, three, four or five years I don’t know.

"But right now I don’t have any problems at all. I feel motivated, my physical condition is good. There’s always ups and downs in your goalscoring, but I feel I still could make an impact on a football team.

“But my focus is on the final part of the season with Al Ain. It’s important to be professional and do a good job for Al Ain, because I have had a good time in the club. And once the season ends I will make a decision."