Only one player in Saturday’s Champions League final is guaranteed to be acclaimed by both sets of supporters in Istanbul. At the age of 37, Edin Dzeko is still pivotal to Inter Milan’s chances of causing an upset against Manchester City, a club where he’s held in great affection after helping them win their first two Premier League titles.
Remarkably, when City sold 29-year-old Dzeko to Roma in 2015, they thought he was the right age to leave in order to create opportunities for younger strikers like Kelechi Iheanacho, with manager Manuel Pellegrini confirming: ‘It wasn’t for the money but to give others the chance.