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Man City transfer flop Stefan Savic admits he wasn't ready for Premier League

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Stefan Savic believes his move to Manchester City in 2011 came at a time when he "may not have been ready" for the challenge of playing in the Premier League.

Savic, whose current side Atletico Madrid are preparing for a Champions League clash with Manchester United on Wednesday night, moved to the Etihad Stadium more than a decade ago after impressing with Partizan Belgrade.

But the 31-year-old — who is now a regular under Diego Simeone at Atletico — believes that moving to City came at the wrong time in his career and that it "was a very big jump" from Serbian football to the Premier League.

Speaking ahead of his Champions League clash with United, Savic was quizzed by Spanish newspaper AS about his time on the blue side of the city. “It was very important for me, because I came directly from the Serbian league and it was a big step in my career.

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