Just under two weeks ago, reports emerged in Italy that Fiorentina were looking at bringing Fabio Borini in during the summer transfer window.
Calciomercato quoted journalist Mario Sconcerti as saying at the time "As I understand the deal to bring Borini to Florence is at an advanced stage."
Those claims were rubbished by the striker's agent after he was contacted by
Firenzeviola.it soon afterwards, with Marco De Marchi saying "I have to be honest, I haven't been contacted recently by Fiorentina and I have no evidence to confirm the involvement of Viola.
"Fabio is happy to play for Liverpool, he is at one of the most renowned clubs in the world, has been chosen by the manager of the Reds early last summer - a sign that the club is focusing on Borini - and now the player is happy with his experience in the Premier League."
So it quickly looked like something to be immediately dismissed as pure speculation based loosely on the fact that Borini had just had a good game for the Italy U21 side. However, that doesn't now look to be the case.
Borini was injured at the weekend and looks likely to find it hard to play again this season, but that hasn't stopped Fiorentina's sporting director as confirming that he's interested in the player. Daniele Prade ruled out being able to get Osvaldo from Roma and said "Borini we like, but Liverpool is hard to deal", going on to explain that it would be hard to convince Liverpool to sell. Regardless of denials from Borini's agent, the interest from Fiorentina is certainly there, they're just not sure they'd be able to get Liverpool to part with the player.