Striker Edin Dzeko will stay at Manchester City as he still has unfinished business at the Etihad Stadium.
Dzeko
faces serious competition to get into the squad next season, let alone
the first team, if manager Roberto Mancini buys players such as Eden
Hazard and Robin van Persie.
Dzeko contributed 14 goals towards
City’s title-winning campaign, including a bullet header to bring the
score to 2-2 in the dramatic last-gasp win over QPR on the final day.
Mancini
often preferred to use Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez
as his main striking options but despite the rumours that he could join
Italian champions Juventus, the 26-year-old is determined to prove his
critics wrong and fire City to a second successive title.
He told
Sky Sports: “No, it’s not worrying me because I think I’ve shown that I
can play at Man City and that I deserve to play. I’ve scored some very
important goals.”
Dzeko, who is expected to line up for
Bosnia-Herzegovina in their international friendlies this week, added:
“I’m still at Manchester City. For Man City I’m not thinking about my
future. I’m just thinking about the games against Ireland and Mexico.
“The coach decides who plays and I respect that. I always tried to do my best all season, even when I didn’t play.
“At the end I scored a goal, maybe one of the most important goals in City’s history, and I’m so proud of that.”
