Aquilani's Liverpool nightmare finally ending!

On his way to Fiorentina!

Liverpool have accepted an undisclosed offer for Alberto Aquilani from Serie A side Fiorentina.

The 28 year old Italian midfielder flew to Italy from Liverpool's pre-season tour of the United States to complete his move to Fiorentina.

If Aquilani's deal to Fiorentina is completed as expected then it is likely that Liverpool will step up their attempts to sign Swansea's talented midfielder Joe Allen, who is currently with Great Britain's Olympic side.

Aquilani has failed to settle and secure a place in Liverpool's starting eleven since his £20 million pound move to the Anfield club from Roma in 2009, and have been sent out on loan for the past two seasons.

Aquilani spent last season on loan at AC Milan and the year before at the current Serie A champions, Juventus which means he didn't play under former Liverpool manager and Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish.

During Roy Hodgson's tenure at Anfield he only made two appearances.

Former Reds' manager Rafael Benitez bought Aquilani as he viewed him as an ideal replacement for Xabi Alonso who departed the club to join Real Madrid, but struggled with injuries and mad only 26 appearances during his first season at Anfield.

And even though Aquilani has appeared for Liverpool during pre-season under new manager Brendan Rodgers, and still has two years left to run on his current contract, it seems as though his unhappy time at Anfield is finally coming to an end.