Rejuvenated AC Milan sign Manchester City's Robinho

AC Milan snapped up Manchester City's Brazilian forward Robinho on transfer deadline day on Tuesday, the latest piece in a jigsaw which the Rossoneri hope will bring them the Serie A title.

"The player has signed a four-year contract," Milan said in a statement without giving further details on the permanent transfer.

Milan had been quiet at the start of the transfer window but some limp pre-season displays persuaded owner Silvio Berlusconi to drop his frugal spending policy and bring in Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and now Robinho.

The 26-year-old joined City from Real Madrid in 2008 in a big-money deal but never really settled in the Premier League and spent the second half of last season on loan at former club Santos.