Roberto Mancini hails Edin Dzeko as one of the best strikers in Europe

Roma forward Edin Dzeko is one of the best strikers in Europe, according to Italy manager Roberto Mancini.

The Bosnian hitman has endured mixed form this season, finding his shooting boots in the Champions League while suffering a goal drought of sorts in Serie A, courting criticism from some quarters of the Italian press.

Mancini, who managed the striker at Manchester City is not having any of it, however, and insists the Bosnia and Herzegovina international is still one of the best strikers in Europe.

“He’s a great striker, one of the best in Europe,” Mancini said (via Football Italia).

“The numbers are all on his side, he’s hit double figures everywhere he’s been.

“He has an eye for goal but he’s also good on the ball and can play for the team. Dzeko can’t be questioned, all strikers make mistakes. There is no such thing as a player who scores 10 chances out of 10.

“Edin will be one of the top-scorers in Serie A and the Champions League.”

Dzeko won the Champions League Player of the Week after scoring a brace in Roma’s 3-0 victory over CSKA Moscow at the Stadio Olimpico.

The 32-year-old beat other nominees to the prize including Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah who also scored a brace in the Reds’ 4-0 thrashing of Red Star Belgrade.

Dzeko’s form last season attracted interest from Chelsea in January who appeared to be suffering without a bonafide striker in their starting XI, with Alvaro Morato struggling to find the net with consistency.

But the Roma man turned down the move to Stamford Bridge earlier in the year and said that he wasn’t ready to move to Chelsea having previously played for Manchester City.

“Chelsea is a big challenge and I know what kind of a club that is, I’ve been at Man City and I wasn’t ready to move to Chelsea,” he told FaceTV .

“Nobody I spoke to wanted me to move to Chelsea so I decided to stay.

“It has been tough period, a lot of stories and information, true and false, were written, everything went through my head, I wasn’t clear or certain of anything at the time.”

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