Socceroos prospect Brandon Borrello insists he isn’t weighing up his options despite interest in him and his club Kaiserslautern being destined for relegation to Germany’s third tier.
Kaiserslautern’s 1-0 home loss to Dynamo Dresden on Sunday left them last on the 2.Bundesliga table and eight points from safety with three games to play.
The situation is dire for the club which Borrello joined in the off-season from Brisbane Roar.
The 22-year-old Australian winger has been a rare bright light for Kaiserslautern this term, scoring three goals and providing a number of assists since breaking into the side in November.
Borrello’s performances have attracted attention from other German clubs and with relegation looming, his best option may be to move on, but he insists it’s not on his mind.
“We haven’t really thought long-term,” Borrello told FourFourTwo.
“It’s more about focusing on now and the week-in week-out. My agent will deal with that stuff in terms of what we do next or even if there is a next move if we stay up in the league or go down to the third league.
“He likes to keep me out of that so I can solely focus on football and I think that’s been great given the results I’ve had.”

Borrello has two seasons remaining on the three-year contract he signed with Kaiserslautern in May last year.
The Adelaide-born talent said it was a compliment to be linked with other German clubs but felt it would be unfair to spend time considering those options at this stage.
“It’s been a bit of a breakout season, the games that I’ve played I’ve created a bit of interest,” he said.
“It’s great to have that in the back of your mind but to be honest to have a club like Kaiserslautern bring you in and give you the chance to play in Germany and then at the same time be battling in the relegation zone, you don’t dwindle on anything else but trying to get the team out of the situation.
“It’s hard to think about any other options. I’m not trying to toot my own horn and be humble about it because clubs are looking at me, but that’s the truth and how I look at it.
“At the moment I’m playing for Kaiserslautern who gave me my opportunity. It wouldn’t be fair for me to be thinking about other options given the situation we’re in.”
While his club situation has left him frustrated, Borrello has been happy with his own form after arriving in Germany with modest expectations.
“It’s a good personal achievement for me to break into the first team, score a couple of goals and get a few assists,” he said.
“It’s good to play consistently which is what we were hoping for. When I first moved, I was saying to myself ‘don’t expect to play straight away, your time will come. If you get your chance, take it. adapt to the culture’.
“We set goals and we’re starting to reach them. I’m over the moon with how my season has gone personally.
“From a team perspective, it’s a hard situation to be in, especially having not been in a relegation battle before. It’s completely different to what I know in the A-League.”

He added that he’d learned a lot from his maiden season in Europe.
“I’m a right winger but I’ve been played on the left a couple of times and I’ve enjoyed it a lot there,” he said.
“I’ve played as a number 10, I’ve played as a right back, in the midfield, I’ve played a lot of the positions over the course of the season but always on the wing is where I tend to start off.
“I think it’s great for my development, game awareness and game intelligence, it’s helping me out a lot.”
Kaiserslautern’s fate could be decided when they are next away to fifth-placed Arminia Bielfeld on Saturday morning (2.30am AEST) in 2.Bundesliga.
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