Tottenham are interested in signing Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho, according to reports.

Sakho is Crystal Palace’s top transfer target after impressing in a loan spell last season.

Liverpool have slapped a £30m price tag on the France star, who wants to play regular first-team football.

Injury restricted Sakho to just eight appearances at Selhurst Park, but he helped the Eagles keep four clean sheets.

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Vital Tottenham reports that Spurs have expressed an interest to sign the 27-year-old centre-back.

The lure of Champions League football under Mauricio Pochettino could be too much for Sakho.

But managerless Palace won’t give up in their pursuit of bringing the popular defender back to south London.