Find Out About – Edin Džeko

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On Sunday night Arsenal’s first team coach and scout Boro Primorac admitted Arsenal are keen on signing Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko from Bundesliga side Wolfsburg

Primorac told Bosnian Daily SAN:

“He is the kind of forward that could succeed in The Premiership, And Yes “We do follow Edin Dzeko,”

It is unlikely that Arsenal will be making a bid for Dzeko in this transfer window as Boro Primorac went on to say “Dzeko could well be a target come June”

“It is still not certain whether we’ll sign him, but his performance gets better every day and if you want to sign him you would need to pay good money.”

So who is Dzeko? what are his qualities? Young Guns has been doing some research.

Edin was born on the 17th of March 1986 in Doboj, Bosnia, and currently plays for Vfl Wolfsburg in Germany, he is rated as the biggest star in Bosnian football aged just 21.

He started out with FK Željezničar who play in the capital of Bosnia Sarajevo, he worked his way through the academy, at first struggling like any young player but as he found his feet the goals started to come his he scored 5 goals in 40 appearance’s but his impressive performances led to FK Teplice signing him in 2005.

16 goals in 43 matches made him hot property in a tough Bosnian league, scouts from, Hertha Berlin, Everton and Wolfsberg were all watching him with interest, the latter made an offer and signed him in the summer of 2007.

He found his feet quickly with Wolfsberg and has 5 goals in 12 matches heading into the second half of the German season.

At International level he is capped with Bosnia and Herzegovina, starting out at Under 19 level in 2003 and then Under 21 level where he featured in last summers under 21 World Dzeko scored multiple goals in this tournament.

He made his senior debut against Turkey, in June [2007] scoring a stunning goal from the edge of the box on his weaker foot in stoppage time, Bosnia won 3-2. he currently has made 3 appearance for Bosnia scoring once.

Edin has been compared to Inter Milan and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, for his style and technical skills.

So a deal could be on for the summer, looks like a great prospect !.

Edin Džeko Wikipedia Page

Article By – J.Sanderson