Goalkeeper Leads With The Ball In His Hands!

We're all singing Edin Dzeko! As Edin Dzeko turns 40, we celebrate his time at City – and he recalls some incredible moments… oberto Mancini wanted to add extra fire power to a forward line that already included Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli. With Emmanuel Adebayor’s future at City in doubt, the Blues looked across Europe for a goal-scoring forward with aerial ability and good technical skill – and one name in particular stood out.

Edin Dzeko had been a prolific striker for Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, netting 85 goals in 142 games over a three-year period. At six-feet four inches and aged 24, the Bosnian international ticked all the boxes Mancini was looking for and City’s offer of £27million was reluctantly accepted by the German side. In turn, Adebayor was allowed to join Real Madrid on loan as the Togolese made way for our new arrival.

“City came back in January and I’m just happy to be here. ” At his first interview for City TV, Dzeko was keen to quash the mischievous press reports that the Blues hadn’t been his first choice… “Of course that’s not true,” he said. “City were always my first choice, and they were since last summer when I wanted to join, but Wolfsburg wouldn’t let me go at that stage.

“But City came back in January and I’m just happy to be here. ” Dzeko, who had been on a winter break in Germany, was given a week to train with his new team-mates, improve his English as best he could and acclimatise to his new surroundings before making his debut against Wolves at the Etihad choosing the vacant No. 10 shirt for his new club.