Bendtner joining Juve from Arsenal; De Jong moving from City to Milan in last-day Italy moves

Denmark forward Nicklas Bendtner was finalizing a loan deal from Arsenal to Serie A champion Juventus and Netherlands midfielder Nigel de Jong was close to leaving Manchester City for a three-year deal with AC Milan in the two most notable moves on the final day of a lackluster Italian transfer window.

Both clubs said Friday that the players were undergoing medical tests.

Juventus will reportedly pay Bendtner €1.5 million ($1.88 million) this season, and will have the option to pay Arsenal €6 million ($7.54 million) after this season to keep him.

Milan will reportedly pay City a €3.5 million ($4.4 million) transfer fee.

With few major acquisitions, the Italian transfer window has been characterized by departures of key players like Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva and Napoli's Ezequiel Lavezzi — with all three joining Paris Saint-Germain.

Bendtner scored eight goals while on loan with Sunderland last season. De Jong helped City to the Premier League title last season and was on the Netherlands team that finished runner-up to Spain at the 2010 World Cup.

While Juve has kept most of its squad intact after winning Serie A for the first time since before the 2006 match-fixing scandal, Milan offloaded an entire squad's worth of players and has made several acquisitions this week.

On Wednesday, Milan signed 22-year-old Spanish forward Bojan Krkic from Roma, a day after adding 17-year-old French forward M'Baye Niang from Caen.

Inter Milan also appears relatively satisfied with its squad, having already added goalkeeper Samir Handanovic from Udinese to replace the departed Julio Cesar, midfielder Walter Gargano on loan from Napoli and forwards Antonio Cassano (from Milan) and Rodrigo Palacio (Genoa). But club President Massimo Moratti is still looking for a backup to forward Diego Milito, with Lazio's Sergio Floccari among the last-minute possibilities.

Among other late dealing, Napoli, aiming for a top-three finish to get back into the Champions League, is hoping to sign midfielder Giandomenico Mesto from Genoa; and forward Marco Borriello could leave Roma for Genoa if Alberto Gilardino goes to Bologna.

Fiorentina has remodeled its entire squad with 15 new players for new manager Vincenzo Montella, with the final additions being Serbia defender Nenad Tomovic in a €2.5 million ($3.14 million) deal from Lecce and midfielder Giuliano Migliaccio in a free loan from Palermo.

Earlier this week, Fiorentina sharply criticized Juventus for interfering in its negotiations with Manchester United forward Dimitar Berbatov, who now appears set to remain in England.

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