Flamini set for City switch
Frenchman to make Premier League return
Last updated: 19th January 2010
Sky Sports News understands AC Milan's Mathieu Flamini is set to move to Manchester City in a loan deal until the end of the season.
Roberto Mancini is to raid Italy for a second time since taking over at Eastlands, with an approach for Flamini at the top of his agenda.
Flamini usually operates as a defensive central midfielder, a position City have plenty of cover for having brought in Patrick Vieira from Inter Milan earlier this month.
It is, though, at right-back that Flamini has played his best football at Milan having been switched there in the second half of last season due to a spate of injuries at the San Siro.
Flamini has fallen down the pecking order at Milan this term under Leonardo and moves to England in a bid for more regular football.
He should have little trouble adapting to the Premier League having enjoyed a four-year stint at Arsenal from 2004-2008.
Flamini made over 100 appearances under Arsene Wenger and in his final season at the Emirates, prior to his move to Milan, established himself as a key player.
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