Edin Dzeko remains determined to stay at Manchester City amid ongoing reports of interest from Juventus, according to his agent.
Reports of Juventus move refuse to go away for striker
Edin Dzeko remains determined to stay at Manchester City amid ongoing reports of interest from Juventus, according to his agent.
The Premier League winner has been repeatedly linked with a move to the Italian giants after falling behind Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli at City in the second half of this season.
Before Dzeko's crucial injury time equaliser in the dramatic, last-day, title-deciding win over QPR, the £27million January 2011 signing from Wolfsburg had not scored since February of 2012 to lead some to question his future.
It was thought the 26-year-old was unhappy at his fringe role and his agent, Irfan Redzepagic, recently met with Juventus general manager Giuseppe Marotta, which increased rumours of a transfer.
Plans to stay
With speculation at the same time suggesting City boss Roberto Mancini had lost faith in Dzeko, the striker has also been linked with a return to the Bundesliga, where he scored 17 goals in 24 appearances for Wolfsburg.
But Redzepagic told
tuttomercatoweb.com: "Dzeko remains at Manchester City. We are pleased for the rumours about Juventus, they are a great club.
"But Edin plans to stay at Manchester City. I recently spoke with Marotta.
"But we talked about other things and we have not talked about Dzeko, because he wants to play in England at City. I think Edin won't leave City."
