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title: "Dzeko happy to turn down Chelsea in January"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Murray"
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published: "2018-04-11T09:55:10Z"
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# Dzeko happy to turn down Chelsea in January

Edin Dzeko is happy that he turned down a January move to Chelsea after Roma took their place in the Champions League Semi-Finals.

Dzeko put Roma on their way to a shocking victory over Barcelona, that saw Roma through to the final four in Europe.

Speaking to Mediaset, Dzeko talked about how he was glad he rejected a January move to Chelsea.

[Dzeko told Mediaset](https://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/calcio/championsleague/dzeko-che-campione-160-il-bello-deve-ancora-venire-_1207513-201802a.shtml):

> Now I can play in the semifinal too, I’m not interested in money. It was not easy, but I stayed here for this kind of game. I’m happy and I think the club are too.

The former Manchester City striker was linked with a move, but would turn it down. Chelsea would sign Olivier Giroud instead, but the Frenchman has struggled since.

![Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/944417344.jpg)

Dzeko could not hide his joy at leading Roma to the Semi-Finals of the Champions League.

Speaking to UEFA, Dzeko said:

> You cannot imagine, I mean it was incredible, crazy — I don’t know how to describe it,” he said. “At the end, we did it when definitely nobody believed in us. Obviously, we had to believe, even before the game.

> If we wanted to try something, we knew that we were playing against one of the biggest teams and obviously the first goal helped us a lot, pushed us forward even more with our great fans behind us. We did it all together.