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Sunderland are in talks with Liverpool over a £18m move for Fabio Borini, the Reds have said.

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By . Simon Jones . Sunderland have held further talks with Liverpool over their proposed £10million deal for Fabio Borini. Liverpool want £12m for the Italian and, as reported by Sportsmail last month, Sunderland have discussed an offer of £8m plus £2m in add ons. They are trying to find a compromise agreement over the structure of the deal with the player keen to join and get regular football. Reds return: Fabio Borini has begun pre-season at Liverpool and played in the defeat against Brondby . Survival instinct: Borini helped Sunderland avoid relegation from the Premier League last season . Meanwhile, Sunderland have held talks over a £3m move for USA international defender Matt Besler but are unlikely to pursue a deal with Cagliari's Davide Astori an alternative. Fulham have also had an offer rejected for Besler, the 27-year-old Sporting Kansas City centre-half, who said: 'I know that Fulham has offered to Kansas City and I know that Sunderland put in an offer or are putting in an offer. 'We’re trying to get something done as soon as possible. It’s a situation which needs to get resolved.' Sunderland are selling midfielder Alfred N'Diaye to Real Betis. Target: Sunderland are also interested in signing USA and Kansas defender Matt Besler, left . Plan B: Sunderland could turn their attentio to Cagliari defender Davide Astori if Besler is unavailable .