Final Move Balotelli

Mario Balotelli's turbulent Manchester City career is over when the club confirmed the debatable striker has completed his move to Milan on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

The initial fee is known to be €20m (£17m), with another €5m of potential add-ons reckoning on appearances.

The 22-year-old, UN agency force out of the town squad on Tues evening before the 0-0 draw at QPR because the deal neared fruition, joined city in 2010, creating eighty appearances and grading thirty goals.

He told City's website: "I can bear in mind my sensible team-mates, the manager and every one the supporters. they're the most effective, they were nice with Maine and that i can invariably have a awfully special place in my heart for town, it is a nice club with a good future.

"I give thanks them for all of their support of Maine. perhaps sooner or later we'll see one another once more."

The striker additionally paid tribute to Roberto Mancini, adding: "I aforesaid so long to everybody at the meal in London before the sport at QPR. it had been a awfully emotional on behalf of me.

"I spoke with Roberto before I visited speak to the players. we have a tendency to spoke for a few time concerning voluminous things. He was sad, and that i was too. however it had been an honest speech. i like Roberto, he has been vital for my career, and that i can invariably give thanks him for having trust and religion in Maine.

"Being at town was a very important a part of my life and career. I required to get older sort of a player and as an individual and it's been a awfully smart expertise on behalf of me."

AC Milan soccer fans have clashed with Italian police as they celebrated a planned transfer of Mario Balotelli to their club from Manchester town.

The police used tear gas because the fans relieve flares and threw bottles outside a eating house in Milano wherever the European country striker was having a dinner.

One law officer was taken to hospital with head injuries, reports say.

Balotelli is in Milano for a medical before a planned transfer for associate initial fee of 22m euros (£19m).