According to the Gazzetta dello Sport the player has been in the youth team at Lazio but went to Manchester to agree senior terms before the Italian side could sign him up.

“We don’t know anything official yet, but it’s clear the lad will no longer be playing with us,” slammed director of sport Igli Tare.

“He can go to City. Mancini acted dishonestly. He could’ve made a phone call and told us. That’s no way to behave.

“In theory we could’ve signed Marin, but in practical terms we couldn’t, because we would’ve had to do the same with another 10 teenagers in our academy. That would’ve wrecked the budget.