The deal could be completed early enough for Dzeko to make his debut at The Emirates on the 5th January - leaving City with an embarrassment of riches upfront. Although one would expect this to precipitate the moves of Emmanuel Adebayor and Roque Santa Cruz out of the club.
Dzeko would give City a striker who is capable of leading the line - leaving Tevez to hover, in the way he most prefers, in a deeper position. Presuming they both play, this gives City the option to play the following ultra-attacking combination:
Hart
Boateng, Kompany, Kolo Toure, Kolarov
De Jong, Yaya Toure
Silva, Tevez, Balotelli
Dzeko
Although you would imagine someone with the aerial ability of Dzeko would benefit from the wing play of Adam Johnson too. It adds to City's wealth of options and increases Mancini's challenge to keep everyone happy.
As quoted in the Guardian, Mancini had the following to say about our long term target:
"We have the chance to win the league this year and the decisive factor could be Edin Dzeko. This player can decide titles and that is why we want him."Some praise indeed. Personally I have not seen a lot of him, but he falls into the bracket of a player young enough to have the desire to prove himself on one of the biggest stages. This desire to sign players who 'want to write the history of the club' seems to be an important part of Mancini's thinking and Dzeko should fit this mould.
Despite how imminent this deal may seem according to the reports, City's status as a rich club and the board's justified stance not be milked as a result, may put this deal back a little - as most of our deals to date would suggest.
Oliver Bierhoff?
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