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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." F: P0 m+ O8 ^
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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.3 o" @% \6 T( Q8 r/ Q) L
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"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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1 j2 v2 j" Z' }' d8 S" u5 ["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.' p, ~6 _; k9 |1 Q; m8 \$ k
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"And then I'll find my great friend Nastasic.: g' T9 k, s; `7 Z% E. S
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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 b- D1 N3 I6 p+ W% T"It would have been nice to play with Mario Gomez, but I wanted a change of scenery.; Y4 j" ?# E3 ~2 ]! X" [. h& x
3 G; J/ U$ s7 `1 Z! G"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."$ }9 u. v8 ^( M- R
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Viola 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."" O8 G8 {" N% [+ s& ^1 N
: D1 o _" ]! X+ j# H' NJovetic joined Fiorentina from Partizan Belgrade in 2008, but is now scheduled to travel to Manchester to finalise personal terms with City.6 |9 J+ z3 J. a5 h. {% N+ v
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