{"id":413020,"date":"2011-05-01T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/01\/manchester-city-striker-edin-dzeko-im-not-a-25m-flop-i-will-succeed-in-england\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T17:45:00","slug":"manchester-city-striker-edin-dzeko-im-not-a-25m-flop-i-will-succeed-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/manchester-city-striker-edin-dzeko-im-not-a-25m-flop-i-will-succeed-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko: I&#8217;m not a \u00a325m flop &#8211; I will succeed in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Laurie Bonne<\/h3>\n<h4>1 May 2011 18:45:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.7445987654\">\n<div readability=\"17.0804020101\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Edin Dzeko, Manchester City v Wolverhampton(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/7781c3a0121632_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL : Edin Dzeko, Manchester City v Wolverhampton(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"20.4565217391\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/bosnia-and-herzegovina\/16347\/edin-dzeko\">Edin Dzeko<\/a> is adamant that he doesn&#8217;t deserve the criticism that has seen him dubbed \u201ca \u00a325 million flop\u201d since joining the club in January.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has played a pivotal role in City\u2019s campaign in the FA Cup but has scored only once in the Premier League, the winner against Blackburn at Ewood Park last Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Dzeko is adamant he is worthy of featuring in the starting XI to face Stoke City at Wembley for the FA Cup final since he has made an impact in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>He told <em>News of the World<\/em>: &#8220;Let them criticise me. This is the way to silence them &#8211; to score after only three minutes into the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And to score one of the most important goals for our team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most important thing right now is to secure Champions League spot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe in myself and I know I will succeed in England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;City have been waiting for silverware for 34 years, and we are dreaming of taking it at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a huge chance for all of us.&#8221;<br \/><span><span><em><br \/><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/7781c3a0121632_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/01\/2466783\/manchester-city-striker-edin-dzeko-im-not-a-25m-flop-i-will\" title=\"Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko: I'm not a \u00a325m flop - I will succeed in England\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko: I&#8217;m not a \u00a325m flop &#8211; I will succeed in England<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Laurie Bonne 1 May 2011 18:45:00 EPL : Edin Dzeko, Manchester City v Wolverhampton(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko is adamant that he doesn&#8217;t deserve the criticism that has seen him dubbed \u201ca \u00a325 million flop\u201d since joining the club in January. The 25-year-old has played a pivotal role in City\u2019s campaign in the FA Cup but has scored only once in the Premier League, the winner against Blackburn at Ewood Park last Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko: I&#039;m not a \u00a325m flop - I will succeed in England - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/manchester-city-striker-edin-dzeko-im-not-a-25m-flop-i-will-succeed-in-england\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko: I&#039;m not a \u00a325m flop - I will succeed in England - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Laurie Bonne 1 May 2011 18:45:00 EPL : Edin Dzeko, Manchester City v Wolverhampton(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko is adamant that he doesn&#039;t deserve the criticism that has seen him dubbed \u201ca \u00a325 million flop\u201d since joining the club in January. 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