City's target man: Dzeko is expected to cost the
club £30million
Manchester City were last night in talks with Edin
Dzeko’s agent over the fine details of a £30million transfer from
German club Wolfsburg.
Sportsmail understands that Wolfsburg have finally been
persuaded to talk over a deal that would include a down payment of
€35m (£30m) as well as some performance-related add-ons.
The deal is not yet set in stone and cannot be completed
until the transfer window opens next week across Europe.
However, the fact that Dzeko’s agent — recently a guest of
City at the Manchester derby — has travelled to England for talks
is indicative of how confident City are of completing what is
likely be the biggest transfer of January.
City tried all last summer to sign the giant Bosnian
striker but were thwarted by the huge fee placed on his head by the
Bundesliga club that is owned by car giants Volkswagen.
Indeed, as recently as last week, City were being told
they would have to pay £38m for him.
However, City coach Roberto Mancini has implored the board
at Eastlands to do all they can to sign a player he feels could
make the difference between winning the Barclays Premier League and
finishing in the top four.
What is helping Mancini’s cause is the fact that Dzeko
himself has made it clear he wants to come to City. As Sportsmail
revealed before Christmas, he took the extraordinary step of
writing to City confirming his interest back in August.
