Dickov signs for City

Man City have completed the free transfer signing of former favourite Paul Dickov.

Manchester City have, as expected, completed the free transfer signing of former favourite Paul Dickov.

The former Blackburn striker was released by the Ewood Park club last week after failing to agree a new Rovers contract.

Now City manager Stuart Pearce has wrapped up a deal for the pugnacious former Scottish international.

The 33-year-old has signed a two-year deal at The City of Manchester Stadium and could not hide his delight at re-joining City.

"Blackburn offered me a great deal to stay there, two years, and they were going into Europe, but I just felt that the chance of coming back here was too big a pull for me," Dickov told City's official website.

"Financially, I could have gone elsewhere but this is the club I support and it's one where I want to be successful."

Dickov played over 150 games for City between 1996 and 2002 and wrote his name into City folklore by scoring a dramatic Second Division play-off final equaliser against Gillingham in 1999.

The former Arsenal trainee then moved on to Leicester before a cut-price switch to Blackburn in 2004.