Danny Cipriani in talks with Sale Sharks Cipriani, who is about to embark on his second Super 15 season with Australian franchise Melbourne Rebels, is understood to be eager to return to England to further his international career. The former Wasps player was constantly overlooked by former England manager Martin Johnson, but with a new coach to be appointed, Cipriani is thought to believe the time is right for a return home. Representatives of the 24 year-old have been in discussions with Sale's chief executive Steve Diamond, but a deal has not yet be concluded. It is thought that other clubs, including Leicester, Newcastle Falcons and London Irish, and also held talks about signing the fly-half, who won the last of his seven England caps in Nov 2008. Cipriani, the former Wasps fly-half, had hoped for a fresh start in Australia but his first season in Melbourne was marred by a series of off-field controversies. He was suspended by his own team-mates last May for partying into the early hours following the Super 15 club's defeat by New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney. Cipriani had been previously fined by the club in March and warned he would be dropped if he misbehaved again after he took a bottle of vodka from a nightclub in Prahran, Victoria, on Feb 18 without paying for it. He was linked at the end of last season to a short-term deal with French Top 14 side Toulon, during the World Cup in September and October, as cover for Jonny Wilkinson and new signing Matt Giteau, but it did not go ahead.