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Former Liverpool and Sunderland striker Fabio Borini has joined League Two club Salford City on a contract until January.

The 34-year-old, who left Sampdoria in his native Italy in the summer, has been training with Salford for the past month.

“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 told the club website., external

He added: “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.”

Borini made his Premier League debut for Chelsea in 2009 and he also helped Swansea win promotion to the English top flight during a loan spell in 2011, while Roma and AC Milan are among the other clubs he has played for in Italy.

During his time at Sunderland, he scored for the Black Cats in their 2014 League Cup final defeat by Manchester City at Wembley.

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Salford City’s supporters have voted to change the club’s primary home shirt colour back to orange.

The Ammies have played in red ever since the arrival of the Class of 92 group in 2014 however they played in orange and black for around 40 years before their arrival.

The club said that 77.1% of fans chose to revert the primary club colour back to orange, with the change set to take place before the 2026-27 season.

The change comes after Gary Neville and David Beckham completed a takeover of the club in May as part of a new consortium which bought out the rest of the Class of 92.

“This landmark choice will evolve the club into a bold, new era by combining our tangerine heritage with modern style to create a striking orange identity,” a club statement said., external

“From the terraces to the training ground, from the park pitches to the supermarket queue – when you see orange, you will know what it means. This is Salford. Proud. Unmistakable.”

The club added that “significant work will be undertaken” at their Peninsula Stadium to update cladding and seats as well as “other infrastructure upgrades that are already due to take place”.

In addition, the club said that a further consultation with supporters about their crest – which was also changed in 2014 – will follow.

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