By Vlatko Siljanovski Last updated: 7th January 2009
Bojinov: Wants to prove himself
At the moment I am not thinking in moving back to Italy as I have immense aspiration to prove myself at Manchester.
Bojinov
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Valeri Bojinov has played down speculation he could leave Manchester City in January, stating he is keen to prove himself at the club.
The former Fiorentina and Lecce ace has barely kicked a ball for the club after suffering a series of long-term injuries during his time at Eastlands.
Bojinov is being tipped to return to action this month, although the 22-year-old is not looking to cut short his injury-hit City spell.
Despite being linked with a move to Serie A outfit Lazio, the Bulgarian has no thoughts of returning to Italy as he is keen to show City fans what they have been missing.
"At the moment I am not thinking of moving back to Italy as I have immense aspirations to prove myself at Manchester," he told the Italian press.
"I feel much better as I have started training with a ball, but I miss the game rhythm.
"At the moment, the team are positioned below expectations, but I am sure that my team-mates know very well what is expected from all of us and I believe things will soon move in the right direction."

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| 16:00 | Man City vs Birmingham |
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| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 0 - 0 Liverpool | |
| Tuesday 16th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Stoke 1 - 1 Man City | |
| Saturday 13th February | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| Man City 1 - 1 Stoke | |
| Tuesday 9th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 2 - 0 Bolton | |
| Saturday 6th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Hull 2 - 1 Man City | |
| Sunday 31st January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 2 - 0 Portsmouth | |
| Wednesday 27th January | |
| Carling Cup | |
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| Sunday 24th January | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
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| Tuesday 19th January | |
| Carling Cup | |
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| Man City 2 - 0 Stoke | |
| Saturday 19th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 4 - 3 Sunderland | |
| Wednesday 16th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Tottenham 3 - 0 Man City | |
| Saturday 12th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Bolton 3 - 3 Man City | |
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| 5 | Liverpool | 30 | 51 |
| 6 | Manchester City | 28 | 50 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 28 | 49 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 29 | 44 |
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