Fowler training with Blackpool

Former Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler is training with Blackpool with a view to joining the npower Championship club.

The 36-year-old has played in Australia and Thailand since leaving English football in 2008, following a brief spell with Blackburn.

Fowler was poised to join the new Premier League Soccer venture in India before the project ran into financial problems and yesterday Blackpool confirmed he could be heading to Bloomfield Road after impressing boss Ian Holloway.