Former Italy star Mario Balotelli has signed for Dubai club Al Ittifaq.
The striker, 35, arrived in the UAE over the weekend and is reported to have agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the First Division side.
The club had teased the move last week with an update posted on their Instagram account posing the question, "Our next signing?", accompanied by a silhouette of what was clearly Balotelli.
Inter Milan, Manchester City, AC Milan and Liverpool are just some of the clubs Balotelli has represented during his career. Ittifaq are his 14th club and the UAE the sixth country he has now played in.
Al Ittifaq are bottom of the 15-team First Division with six points from 11 matches having won only two league games all season.
Balotelli's last competitive outing came for Italian side Genoa in December 2024. He was released by the Serie A side last July after only six appearances.
He scored 14 times in 36 caps for Italy, the last of which came in 2018.
