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Manuel Pellegrini has insisted that Stevan Jovetic is staying at Manchester City and is a pivotal player for the Premier League champions. - Mooney: Preseason a chance for City hopefuls The Montenegro striker has been targeted by Inter Milan this summer but manager Pellegrini is determined to keep the 24-year-old. Jovetic, who joined City from Fiorentina for 22 million pounds in 2013, only started two league games in an injury-hit first season at the Etihad Stadium, but Pellegrini is adamant the forward has a part to play this season. "Stevan is working well with us," he told a news conference in Pittsburgh. "He is a very important player for our team. Maybe there are a lot of rumours about his future but Stevan will stay with us here." Jovetic was City's fourth-choice forward at times last season but could feature more often as Alvaro Negredo will miss the opening months of the campaign with a broken bone in his foot. City face AC Milan on Sunday in the International Champions Cup before taking on Liverpool and Olympiakos.
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