Manchester City agree terms for Fiorentina striker, Stevan Jovetic

Fiorentina have reached an agreement to sell the Montenegrin striker Stevan Jovetic to Manchester City, the Serie A club have confirmed.

The 23-year-old has scored 35 league goals in five seasons with Fiorentina, who finished fourth in Serie A last season, and it appears City's lengthy pursuit of the versatile forward has come to fruition.

A statement on the Italian club's official Twitter account, @ACF_Fiorentina, read: "An agreement has been reached with Manchester City Football Club for the permanent sale of the player Stevan Jovetic."

City are also expected to sign the striker Alvaro Negredo from Sevilla in the coming days.

Jovetic – who is as comfortable playing as a lone striker as he is in front of the midfield – finished the 2012-13 season with 13 league goals having scored 14 in the previous campaign. The Montenegro international had missed the entire 2010-11 season in Florence after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in pre-season training.