Former Liverpool striker Fabio Borini’s solitary training stint at an unnamed Merseyside park looks set to end with reports that the Italian has finally found a new club.
A report from Sarikirmizi headlined: “The surprise of Fabio Borini in Goztepe” claims that the 29-year-old is on the verge of signing for the Izmir-based Turkish Super Lig outfit.
Goztepe, who won their solitary title in 1950, finished 11th last season and are currently 14th in the table some seven matches into the 2020/21 campaign.
Despite having played for several major European clubs such as Chelsea, Roma, AC Milan and the Reds, the player last month lifted the lid on the unusual conditions he has been forced to endure in order to keep up his fitness levels.
Borini, who has also been linked with a return to Championship side Swansea City, where he spent a successful loan spell back in 2011, has been without a club since his contract at Hellas Verona expired at the end of last season.
The player, whose wife is English, made 38 appearances for Liverpool, scoring three goals, after becoming Brendan Rodgers ’ first major signing in a £10.5million deal in 2012 and found himself back in the city during the first coronavirus lockdown.
In October Sport Witness quoted Borini as telling Gazzetta dello Sport: “I tried to ask Liverpool, I knew it could be a problem for the Reds so I also asked Everton for availability, a little for the past, a little for the security bubble that no one other than staff and players can attend.
“It was not possible; under normal conditions I would have trained differently.
“In my situation, waiting for a right proposal, it’s even more complicated.
“In a normal context I could have trained on the pitch and in the gym, now I’m trying to adapt, I don’t want to risk catching the virus through carelessness.
“I avoid the gym, I’d be there all day, but not having the certainty of immunity, I can’t afford to risk it.
“We are used to having everything available, now it is much more difficult.”
