Kamlesh Barjati
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Manchester City have completed the capture of defender Stefan Savic from Partizan Belgrade on a four-year deal.
The 20-year-old has been granted a work permit by the Home Office and becomes City's second signing in three days following the arrival of Gael Clichy from Arsenal.
He moves to the Barclays Premier League 12 months after a trial period with the Gunners ended without Arsene Wenger declaring an interest.
Last season Savic performed well for both Partizan Belgrade, who won the Serbian title last term, and Montenegro, who have rocketed up the FIFA rankings and represent the greatest threat to England's hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2012.
Indeed, when the two countries fought out a goalless draw at Wembley in October, Savic came face to face with five current City players.
Savic told the club's official website: "I never imagined that I'd be team-mates with all those City players within a year and I'm so happy to be at this club.
"I can't wait to play alongside them and all the other fantastic players we have here. It is a dream come true and I'm especially looking forward to meeting Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov because they both speak my language and come from the Balkans, too.
"Aleks has already phoned me to welcome to City which makes me feel at home already.
"I watch the Premier League all the time and I know it's the place to be so I am just looking forward to helping this club achieve great things. We have an incredible stadium and I've seen how passionate the City fans are many times on TV.
"Montenegro play England later this year so I'm expecting to have some great banter with the England lads. I'm just really happy to be a City player."
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2387379,00.html
The 20-year-old has been granted a work permit by the Home Office and becomes City's second signing in three days following the arrival of Gael Clichy from Arsenal.
He moves to the Barclays Premier League 12 months after a trial period with the Gunners ended without Arsene Wenger declaring an interest.
Last season Savic performed well for both Partizan Belgrade, who won the Serbian title last term, and Montenegro, who have rocketed up the FIFA rankings and represent the greatest threat to England's hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2012.
Indeed, when the two countries fought out a goalless draw at Wembley in October, Savic came face to face with five current City players.
Savic told the club's official website: "I never imagined that I'd be team-mates with all those City players within a year and I'm so happy to be at this club.
"I can't wait to play alongside them and all the other fantastic players we have here. It is a dream come true and I'm especially looking forward to meeting Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov because they both speak my language and come from the Balkans, too.
"Aleks has already phoned me to welcome to City which makes me feel at home already.
"I watch the Premier League all the time and I know it's the place to be so I am just looking forward to helping this club achieve great things. We have an incredible stadium and I've seen how passionate the City fans are many times on TV.
"Montenegro play England later this year so I'm expecting to have some great banter with the England lads. I'm just really happy to be a City player."
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2387379,00.html
