Manchester City have confirmed the striker Stevan Jovetic has joined the Serie A outfit Inter Milan on an 18-month loan, the English club confirmed on Friday.

.@stevanj35 has today joined @Inter. Full story: http://t.co/BJOKPFYYHG Good luck, Jojo! #mcfc pic.twitter.com/18Y1toeAmc

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) July 31, 2015

The 25-year-old struggled to make an impact at Etihad following his move from Fiorentina in 2013 and now the Montenegrin has been allowed to return to Italy with a view to a permanent transfer.

The move does not come as a surprise, the striker passed a medical with Internazionale earlier this week and posts a message to City’s fans on Instagram which read “thank you and farewell”.

I would like to thank my teammates,stuff and people from the club for this 2 years…Was a great pleasure be a part of this team!I wish you to win all 4 trophies this year !!!

A photo posted by Stevan Jovetic (@stevanj35) on Jul 28, 2015 at 1:50pm PDT

Jovetic scored 11 goals in 44 appearances and also won the Premier League and the League Cup in his first season at Eastlands.