City were just never the club for him, Mancini seemingly tried to put a square peg in a round hole.noise said:I actually agree with your assessment here. and I must admit I really like Negredo, he's really grown on me. But I still think Dzeko is a huge untapped potential. Which he will only realize if he leaves imo.pudge said:Never have, never will. Like I said, you don't achieve what he has in his career if you're not a quality player.kara54 said:Imo, he did never really shine in City. That's on the style of the play, I posted it a few games after that Spurs game. It did never suit him, and unfortunately for him it did not change much under the new manager. For City, we'll still see.
And Negredo fits better in at the moment, that's true. Being on the bench behind Negredo and Kun is actually fair. But being behind of Balo, I think, was not.
Nevertheless, one cannot deny Dzeko's quality. It's nothing about crosses, nothing about touch, head, left or right foot. When used to his strengths, he is lethal and he is "world-class". Create him space where he can run into and send him balls there. Pass or cross the ball to him when in the box. Then, he can create chances, and he can score even better. That's actually it.
But as much as we'd all love it, we'll never see the 'Wolfsburg Dzeko' here because we won't ever suit his qualities as much as that team or league did.
Yes he scores goals and nobody can deny or knock that but when you see someone like Negredo who's scoring as frequently but, and I don't mean this in a hateful or mean way, is offering more then it kinda makes Dzeko look expendable if not just knocking him down the pecking order. Negredo's style suits this league and our play, whereas that's not the case for Dzeko.
If he stays then he'll continue to bag 10-15 goals a season but not much else, which at City would equate to 3rd/4th choice and ultimately it would seem like a waste of talent because he's proven he's better than as he's won player of the year awards, and not for no reason.
But at the same time it's frustrating because you feel a player of that level could adapt his game, especially given he's been here for 3+ years, hence the frustration.
If he leaves and goes to a club that will build around him he'll not only score more but enjoy himself more, which is why it would be best all round. Not because people want him out for the sake of it.
Before his goals were crucial but now we have Negredo it maybe allows us to go after a lesser, actual 3rd/4th choice striker and not 'waste' a quality player like Dzeko who was never and more than likely won't see his potential fulfilled here or in this league.
BUT, it doesn't completely excuse some of his performances or attitude which again leads to much frustration, because you feel sometimes he can do more but it's him, not the system, that's preventing it.