The Bosnian, who signed from Wolfsburg for £27million last weekend, admitted it had been hard to leave Germany but he was lured by joining a side chasing the Barclays Premier League title.
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He said: 'I'm very pleased. I'm here at a big club like Manchester City with big ambition. I saw something else in Man City. It's a big club and I'm an ambitious player and I think we can have a lot of success together.
'It's a project. I need to say it's avery good team with a very good coach. It was three-and-a-half beautiful years with Wolfsburg and we had a lot of success, winning the league for the first time in our history.
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'I was very happy there but I wanted to change, try something new and better and that's why I'm here.'
Dzeko also made reference to the club's rivalry with Manchester United, adding: 'I hear a lot about the fans and that most of the people from Manchester are Manchester City fans. I don't know too much about the rivalry but I hear the derby is something special.'
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Source: Daily Mail
Source: Daily Mail