Former Liverpool forward makes surprise move to club owned by Gary Neville – Liverpool FC

Former Liverpool ahead Fabio Borini has signed a short-term contract with Salford Metropolis, who ply their commerce within the fourth division of English soccer.

The Italian was signed from Roma in 2012 underneath Brendan Rodgers, however by no means realised his full potential on Merseyside, scoring solely three objectives.

Borini left Liverpool in 2015 after simply 38 appearances, initially signing for Sunderland earlier than becoming a member of AC Milan, Hellas Verona, Fatih Karagumruk and Sampdoria.

He spent this summer season collaborating in a Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation (PFA) pre-season camp designed for unsigned gamers to remain match and discover their subsequent membership.

The 34-year-old then obtained an invite to coach with Salford Metropolis’s first workforce, with an harm to Jay Chook subsequently presenting a chance for the ahead to signal a short-term contract.

Borini has signed a deal till January with the League Two membership, which is owned by a consortium headed by Gary Neville and David Beckham.

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It isn’t the primary time Borini has performed outdoors a rustic’s high division, however it is going to be his first foray in League Two, which he’s embracing having not performed competitively since June.

“I’ve by no means performed League Two soccer so I must be taught as properly from my workforce mates the primary traits of this league,” he informed Salford’s official web site.

“It’s a problem that I’m embracing and I selected to embrace as a result of I wanted the true soccer, one thing that warms my coronary heart for soccer, not for anything.”

It’s a shock transfer regardless of him nearing the top of his profession, with this marking his return to English soccer seven years on from his Sunderland exit in 2018.

Borini isn’t the one former Liverpool participant at Salford; he’ll be part of the membership’s former youngest goalscorer Ben Woodburn within the League Two aspect’s dressing room.