Man City rejects Dzeko Milan link

With City looking set to lodge a bid for Arsenal's Robin van Persie, it would appear manager Roberto Mancini has too many forwards at his disposal.

And, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's big-money move to Paris Saint-Germain, Milan is in the hunt for a new striker.

The link, which has also been made to Manchester United's out-of-favour record signing Dimitar Berbatov, is an obvious one.

And an agent claiming to be acting on behalf of Dzeko stated that a deal for Dzeko to join Milan had a '70 per cent' chance of going through.

This is news to City though, which has never heard of Sead Susic and has not asked anyone to negotiate Dzeko's transfer on its behalf.

"The club have no knowledge of the so-called spokesman Mr Susic, nor has it given a mandate to any third party to discuss the transfer of Edin Dzeko, who remains a Manchester City player," said a City spokesman.

Dzeko is presently with City on its short tour of Austria and featured in its goalless draw with Dynamo Dresden.

Speculation about the 26-year-old's future has been rife for some time.

Signed from Wolfsburg for £27 million ($40.69 million) 18 months ago, the giant striker has never quite managed to hit the heights expected.

Nevertheless, he did score 19 goals in all competitions for City last term, including 14 in the Premier League, the last of which was the crucial stoppage-time equaliser in that dramatic final-day encounter with Queens Park Rangers that paved the way for Sergio Aguero's title-sealing winner.