The long-serving 26-year-old has been linked with a switch away from the Etihad Stadium throughout the transfer window after the arrival of Bacary Sagna pushed him further down City's defensive pecking order.
And Richards, capped 13 times by England, will now ply his trade in Italy for the 2014-15 campaign.
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