Mario Balotelli: AC Milan agree deal to sign Manchester City striker
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AC Milan have agreed a deal to sign Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli on a four-and-a-half-year contract, the Italian club have confirmed.
City manager Roberto Mancini said on Tuesday that Balotelli could complete his move after a medical on Wednesday.
"Both clubs are talking about him," said Mancini. "Maybe tomorrow [Wednesday] they can close [the deal]."
The clubs are believed to have agreed a fee of 22m euros (£19m), rising to 25m euros (£22m) with add-ons.
"We love Mario, but he had this big chance to go back to Italy," added Mancini. "Milan started to talk to Manchester City in the last two days and they are very close."
The Italy international had travelled with City to London for their Premier League game against Queens Park Rangers, which ended 0-0, on Tuesday evening, but did not feature in the squad after Milan director Umberto Gandini confirmed a deal had been struck hours before kick-off.
Gandini said on Twitter: "Transfer agreement for Balotelli signed with Manchester City. Medical is tomorrow [Wednesday] in Milan, then personal terms until 2017 will be signed."
Manchester City signed Balotelli for £24m in 2010 with the striker scoring 20 Premier League goals for the club.
Balotelli's departure comes weeks after he was involved in a training ground altercation with Mancini.
That was the last in a series of controversies during his time with the Premier League champions.
In his first season at Manchester City he scored 10 goals in 28 appearances, but was also sent off twice - against West Bromwich Albion and Dynamo Kiev.
The 2011-12 season was arguably his most productive as he scored 20 goals in 40 appearances, and he provided the crucial assist for Sergio Aguero to score the title-clinching goal against QPR in May last year.
However, he still struggled with discipline on the pitch, picking up 11 yellow cards and he was also sent off in Premier League games against Liverpool and Arsenal, the latter prompting Mancini to suggest he would be willing to sell the striker.
Balotelli impressed for Italy at Euro 2012, notably scoring twice in the semi-final win against Germany.
However, he failed to build on that when he returned to domestic action with Manchester City this season and found himself behind Aguero, Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko.
In total, he made 20 appearances during the current campaign, 12 of those from the bench, and scored three goals, the last of which came in a 2-0 victory at Wigan on 28 November.
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Occassional hints of greatness but followed too many times by blatant stupidity.
Wish him well though.
ManU fan.
Renzo_23
Balotelli in my eyes i the only player capable of being alongside Messi and Ronaldo.
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Should've gone to Specsavers mate.
I do agree with your comment, but will add one name to your list of latins.
Pablo Zabaleta.
This guy has all the mental attributes that Balotelli needs to become a great footballer.I feel It's him thats turned around Tevez this season, and in doing so, has relegated Mario to fourth choice striker.
You are correct in what you posted apart from one thing,this league is full of cheats from every club and every nationality,until or unless the ridiculous and un deserved amounts of money floating about is stopped it will never change,and as a realist it never will! Sad inditement on society when people support the behaviour by buying the product and feeding this disgrace.
I hope he does well at AC.
Wish you .. would stop .. trolling!!
I did love the way that TV companies pixelated his number plate when he was leaving the training ground after the bust-up with Mancini just in case we might identify his car.