By Chris Cutmore for MailOnline
Published: 16:11 GMT, 23 January 2019 | Updated: 16:23 GMT, 23 January 2019
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Mario Balotelli has completed the latest move in his nomadic career by joining Marseille until the end of the season.
The former Liverpool and Manchester City striker was allowed to leave Nice on a free transfer after falling foul of manager Patrick Vieira.
Marseille announced their new signing to the world via a video on social media showing three men doing parkour through the city before painting a graffiti mural of Balotelli.
Mario Balotelli poses with his new Marseille shirt after signing for the club on Wednesday
Sky Sports Italia are reporting that Balotelli will earn £2.7million for just 17 games at Marseille.
The controversial Italian, 28, found the net 33 times in his first two seasons in Ligue 1 but failed to replicate that form under new boss Vieira, playing just 10 times without scoring a single goal.
'When this happens the striker is responsible for the situation but sometimes there are external factors. I was supposed to leave at the beginning of the season, then I didn't leave,' Balotelli told a news conference.
'But I will make up for it.'
