Roma defender Juan Jesus rates Edin Dzeko the best striker in the country.

Dzeko has been outstanding for Roma this season.

“I usually watch videos of strikers, to see their movements," Juan Jesus explained on Roma Radio.

“All the forwards in Italy are hard to mark, there's [Jose] Callejon, [Antonio] Candreva, [Gonzalo] Higuain, [Andrea] Belotti, all of whom are very strong.

“Then I train against the strongest of all, Edin Dzeko, even though he's big he's very mobile. Studying is important, you recognise in the video what you have to do on the pitch.

“Strikers who surprised me? There's [Massimo] Maccarone, who has excellent movement and [Mauro] Icardi who takes advantage of every centimetre in the box.

“They're all strong, with quality, also [Ciro] Immobile, Keita [Balde Diao]…"