Balotelli agrees deal with City – report

(GSM) – Internazionale striker Mario Balotelli has agreed to join Manchester City. The 19-year-old forward reached an agreement with the Premier League club on Saturday evening and then had a leaving party in the centre of Milan, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

It’s reported Balotelli has already signed a four-year contract worth €4 million a season.

La Gazzetta understands Inter and City will close a deal initially said to be worth €30m plus bonuses tied to appearances and goals.

The Eastlands club may well end up paying as much as €35m for ‘Super Mario’.

Special detail of the whole transfer saga surrounding Balotelli is that he might well face his new club with Inter when they play a friendly in Baltimore on July 31.

La Gazzetta claims Balotelli’s best friend Basty organised a ‘leaving party’ for him at Milan’s Van Gogh café on Via Bertani late on Saturday evening.

Balotelli’s friends then unveiled a piece of canvas on which was written: “Even 1000km away, you’ll always be in our hearts.”