Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur Join Two French Clubs in Spying Moussa Sissoko Bargain

Thursday, 27th September, 2012

The race for Toulouse midfielder Moussa Sissoko is heating up, with English duo Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, along with French sides Lyon and Lille, all holding a serious interest in the 23-year-old, according to Le 10 Sport.

Sissoko’s contract with Toulouse expires at the end of the season and the Ligue 1 outfit are pushing to extend that before January.

relatedNewsStory The opening of the January transfer window also signals the time that Sissoko can enter into a pre-contractual agreement with another club, with the aim of then signing permanently on a free transfer on 1st July, 2013.

This is something Les Pitchounes are keen to avoid, but they will have to make a very persuasive case given the clubs that are monitoring the France international.

Ready to offer Sissoko the chance to stay in Ligue 1 but to jump to a ship with a chance of silverware are Lyon and Lille.

Lyon, who have been forced to cut their budget to fund the building of a new stadium and cope with missing out on this season’s Champions League, spy the opportunity to add a quality midfielder enforcer for free, while Lille want to challenge for the title they last held in 2011.

The 23-year-old will have options across the English channel however, with Liverpool, who too have been operating under a reduced budget, having regularly kept tabs on him, well before new manager Brendan Rodgers arrived in the job.

Tottenham could also offer Sissoko a home, having monitored the Toulouse youth product, and the prospect of moving to London, a path recently trodden by another proven Ligue 1 performer in goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, could be an attractive one.

Sissoko is believed to prefer a switch to the Premier League, but could be persuaded to remain in France if the offer were right.

Toulouse meanwhile will hope to hold onto the 23-year-old though, should their efforts fail, could look to sell him for a knockdown fee when the winter window swings open.

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