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Fiorentina confirmed on Thursday that an agreement has been reached with City for the Montenegro international to move to the Etihad Stadium.
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The forward, who scored 13 goals in 31 appearances last season, has previously been linked with several of City's Premier League rivals.
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/ d' p8 v7 C- O6 X7 A% \4 rHowever, he is looking forward to linking up with Manuel Pellegrini's side and a reunion with his former Fiorentina team-mate Matija Nastasic.
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8 E3 y/ U/ L, B) ~2 q3 A" J8 i"Florence will remain in my heart," the 23-year-old told firenzeviola.it. "I came here as a boy and I'm leaving as a man. This is a beautiful city and I was really fine.
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"But I'm happy to go to City because they play in the Premier League and they are a very important team. I just want to win something. V+ q+ I- `0 J
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"And then I'll find my great friend Nastasic.* z" t: o6 U$ F' C2 k
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"I will be leaving a very strong Fiorentina and I'm happy about that. I wish that they can win the scudetto.
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5 w% M1 w) N! G# N1 }2 g$ ]"It would have been nice to play with Mario Gomez, but I wanted a change of scenery.2 K& H* n |+ V
+ V2 F% g# |) k4 c5 x( a"I know that Fiorentina's fans are a little angry with me, it's normal, but I have never said anything bad, either about them or about Fiorentina."
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& y7 O Z) l1 v, o" S8 JViola coach Vincenzo Montella added: "Stevan gave so much to Fiorentina, but he had expressed a desire to grow elsewhere and I wish him good luck."
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Jovetic joined Fiorentina from Partizan Belgrade in 2008, but is now scheduled to travel to Manchester to finalise personal terms with City.
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