AC Milan agree deal to sign Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli

Mario Balotelli will become an AC Milan player after Manchester City agreed terms with the Italian club.

Juventus were also in contention to take the controversial striker back to Italy, but City have accepted an offer from Milan understood to be in the region of £17million plus £2.5m in add-ons. He is scheduled to have a medical today and sign a four-and-a-half year deal.

Balotelli has also helped the deal to go through by agreeing a pay-cut of nearly £1m so he could join his boyhood club on a £3m-a-year deal.

Balotelli moved to the Etihad in 2010, following boss Roberto Mancini from Inter Milan.

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