Football - Possible Winter Transfers of 20 Players (Part 11)
Edin Dzeko (Present Club - Wolfsburg):
The Bosnian International, Edin Dzeko is one of the most talented strikers around the globe. Recently, he has also emerged as the most vital player for the German side, Wolfsburg.
Dzeko was transferred from Gambrinus Liga to Bundesliga for €4 million during 2007 summers. The 24-year-old was an immediate hit after joining Wolfsburg as he scored 11 goals and recorded three assist in 11 games.
Dzeko was also named as the best striker in the first half of the German league of 2007-08 season. During his first season with Wolfsburg, his club finished in fifth place, thus qualifying for a European Cup spot. The Bosnian striker finished his 2007–08
season with eight goals and seven assists in seventeen games.
After the arrival of another Bosnian International, Zvjezdan Misimović at Wolfsburg, Dzeko’s performance was boosted and he was explosive in the second season. Wolfsburg found their form in the second half of that season and eventually claimed the Bundesliga
title for the first time in their history.
In the dying stages of that season, the Bosnian attacker scored a hat-trick against TSG Hoffenheim. He added another hat-trick just two weeks later and contributed towards a strong finish to the 2008–09 season. Wolfsburg's superstar striker finished with
a total of 26 league goals and 10 assists in 32 league matches.
Dzeko’s goal tally was second only to his team-mate, Edinaldo Batista Libânio, with whom he formed the most lethal strike combination in German League history. In the German knockout club competition, Dzeko scored six goals in two matches and in the UEFA
Cup, four goals and two assists in eight matches.
Such prolific performances earned him the "Bundesliga Players' Footballer of the Year" award. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal against the Red Devils in a 2–1 defeat in an away fixture on 30th September 2009. Moreover, Dzeko was one of the
thirty players nominated for the 2009 Ballon d'Or.
In addition to that, Dzeko also became the top scorer of the German League in the 2009–10 season with 22 goals to his name. On 28th August 2010, the Bosnian striker became the top league scorer in the history of Wolfsburg with 59 goals in 96 appearances,
thus breaking the record of Diego Klimowicz, who had scored 57 goals in his 149 games.
After such wonderful consistent performances, Dzeko was linked with a number of high profile clubs, most notably being the Italian giants, AC Milan. But, Dzeko decided to stay at Wolfsburg and renewed his contract until June 2013. Even this summer, he was
linked with some big clubs in Europe.
It is Manchester City and Juventus who are willing to sign the young Bosnian striker. Both these clubs went toe-to-toe all summer in their attempts to snare the talented striker but the German outfit set a price tag so high that even the big spending Manchester
City had to turn to other options.
The City boss still remains interested in the talented Bosnian centre forward, and he may make a new move for him in the upcoming winter transfer window, given the fact that Emmanuel Adebayor and Santa Cruz are both unsettled at the club and are angling
for a move away.
Previously, Dzeko has spoken of his desire to join AC Milan. Serie A is surely an attractive option for him but City’s spending power may prove to be the deciding factor in the end.
(To be continued in Part 12)
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