Edin Dzeko heading for Manchester City exit after Manuel Pellegrini leaves Roma target out of pre-season matches- Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic are both set to depart Manchester City
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Edin Dzeko has moved closer to the Manchester City exit after manager Manuel Pellegrini admitted uncertainty over the striker's future.The Chilean manager confirmed Dzeko's unclear future is the reason why he has not played a single minute on the club's pre-season tour of Australia.
Dzeko has been strongly linked with Roma and is expected to join the Italian club if they increase their £12million offer closer to City's £20million valuation.The Bosnia striker and teammate Stevan Jovetic - whose representatives are in talks with Inter Milan - have not played on tour even though Pellegrini has stated his desire to give all the players an equal amount of game time.
Both players were unused substitutes against Roma on Tuesday when City made 11 changes during the game, and appear unlikely to face Real Madrid at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
Pellegrini said: 'Edin didn’t play the last game as it's not clear if he will continue here but he is still working here with the whole squad.'Meanwhile, record £49m signing Raheem Sterling is set to make his second appearance for City after scoring less than three minutes into his debut against Roma here on Tuesday.
The England forward played in his preferred position on the left flank, but Pellegrini is prepared to use him in a more central role when needed.
He added: ‘We will see. Raheem can play in both positions and do it very well. From the left side he can be free. There can be several different reasons for him to play in the two positions but we will see.
‘We are near to the start of the Premier League season. It’s important for us to play at a good pace, and I think the fans will see a good game.’
Pellegrini is determined to improve on last season when City surrendered the title to Chelsea and went out of the Champions League knockout stage to Barcelona for the second year in a row.
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