His future at the club was cast into further doubt when Guardiola splashed £17million to bring Barcelona stopper Claudio Bravo to the Etihad as his new number one.
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Hart could then make his Serie A debut for Torino at Atalanta on September 11.
Hart, has been frozen out of the first team picture following the arrival of ex Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola.
Hart is on worldwide duty with England, who face Slovakia in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday, but manager Sam Allardyce plans to allow players time off to complete transfers ahead of Wednesday’s deadline.
A short statement released by City expressed the strong relationship between the cluv and Hart, and wished him all the best for the season in Italy.
Hart told Torino’s website: “Suddenly, my career has taken an important turn…”
“The offer from Torino came at the right time, in the right way”, he said.
He joined City in 2006 and has made 348 appearances for the club, with his honors including the 2011 FA Cup and Premier League titles in 2011-12 and 2013-14.
As the video below shows, Torino’s fans don’t seem in the least bit arsed that the 29-year-old supposedly can’t pass a ball out of his own penalty area.
Torino will pay around £55,000 a week of his salary, with City finding the rest of his £130,000-per-week wage.
In the end, however, the only player to move to Milan on Wednesday was Chile midfielder Mati Fernandez, who joined on loan from Fiorentina with the option of making the deal permanent at the end of the season.
Hart and Nasri are former City stalwarts, while Ivory Coast striker Bony arrived from Swansea City past year at a cost of 25 million pounds.
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Meanwhile, Hart is not expected to be City’s final player to move before the transfer window closes on August 31, 2016 as Wilfried Bony and Samir Nasri may also face the exit doors.
