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Edin Dzeko is poised to extend his contract with City.

The Bosnian forward, who played such a key role in the Blues' title charge last season, is in the last year of his current deal but hinted that he is ready to commit the best years of his career to the club.

Dzeko, speaking from a plush Marriott suite in New York on the US tour, said: "I can only say that I am very happy in City and at the moment we are talking about the new contract. We will see what happens but the main thing is that I'm happy at City."

The new deal would mark quite a turn around for the 28-year-old, who was tipped to leave the club before Manuel Pellegrini came in.

He added: "We talked about that at the beginning of last season, it's very important you feel the confidence that a manager has in you and last season was proof of everything I said."

Dzeko scored 26 goals in all competitions in 2013/14 including braces against United, Everton and Aston Villa in City's Spring offensive.

Although Alvaro Negredo is out for two months with a foot injury, the return to form and fitness of Stevan Jovetic means competition for places in City's strike force will be keener than ever.

Dzeko added: "For all of us it's important that our team is winning, who will play the manager decides. We are here to train, to give our best, in training and at the games and we hope that Alvaro will be back soon because he's also an important player for us.

"Aguero is still to come, me and Stevan, the manager has four choices. It's up to him to decide and on us to give our best in every game."