Ex-Liverpool star claims former club didn't give him food in brutal treatment

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Fabio Borini has revealed he was prepared to take legal action against his former club Sampdoria, alleging that the Italian side forced him to train alone and denied him meals when he fell out of favour. "He decided that I wasn't right, I wasn't this, I wasn't that, I was a problem in the dressing room, when in reality, I was the dressing room.

I was ready to sue the club. Fabio Borini has been without a club since leaving Sampdoria (Image: Getty Images) "So I was very, very, very troubled.

I spoke with a friend of mine that was in Sampdoria and lived the same situation and he said, 'I'm feeling like I'm healing by being away'. And I texted him yesterday, and said, 'I'm starting to feel those feelings again.' Because it's a long process." Borini acknowledges that his time at Salford has already breathed fresh life into his career, though his choice to join the League Two outfit, part-owned by Gary Neville and David Beckham, wasn't driven by financial considerations.