Fiorentina are hoping to convince Liverpool striker Fabio Borini to join them this summer, but the player prefers a switch to Lazio at present.
La Viola have reached an agreement in principle with Liverpool to sign Borini, but the Italian himself has yet to be convinced of a move to Fiorentina.
According to Italian daily La Nazione, at present Borini is leaning towards joining Lazio.
However, Lazio intend to wait to see if they can navigate the Champions League playoff round before launching a firm bid for Borini.
The Rome-based side have a tricky playoff round tie against Bayer Leverkusen on the horizon, but if they reach the Champions League group stage then extra finances would become available for Borini.
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And the Liverpool man would also be able to play Champions League group stage football this season.
Borini has been frozen out at Anfield and Liverpool are looking to offload the Italian this summer.
Signed from Roma in 2012, Liverpool left Borini out of their pre-season tour to Asia and Australia.
