The 37-year-old still refers to Manchester City as ‘my club’ and knows he played a big part in launching their modern success
Edin Dzeko learned long ago not to worry about the dry spells. The Bosnian striker went 19 games without a goal for Internazionale this year, then interrupted that sequence with three in a week, scoring twice in a rout of Verona before grabbing the opener in the Champions League semi-final against Milan: a brilliant volley from a corner.
“Sometimes you get in these difficult moments when the ball doesn’t want to get in,” he said at the time. “But patience and work always pay off.”