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Former Liverpool striker Fabio Borini has signed for Salford City, the League Two club which is co-owned by Gary Neville.
Borini, 34, was a free agent following his release by Sampdoria over the summer. Borini had been training with the League Two club, and clearly impressed enough to earn a short-term contract with the club.
A serious injury to Salford striker Jay Bird also helped to convince the the EFL club to bring Borini in on a deal which runs until January.
"I came in to train to keep myself fit in this transition between contracts and Salford, the gaffer (Karl Robinson) and Alex Bruce were kind enough to allow me to use the facilities and train here," Borini said.
"I've never played League Two football so I need to learn as well from my team-mates the main characteristics of this league, but I will bring myself as an open book for my team-mates to use me, learn from me or help me, so I'm very open to this challenge.
"It's a challenge that I'm embracing and I chose to embrace because I needed the real football, something that warms my heart for football, not for anything else."
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