Newly promoted Ligue 1 club Monaco have joined Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool in the race for Portugal youth - teamer Tiago Ilori.

Portuguese sports daily A Bola says the French moneybags are lining up a swoop for the 20 - year - old Sporting Lisbon defender.

At this point, it is unknown the transfer fee the leadership of Monaco is willing to pay to secure the signature of Tiago Ilori, though a fee of around five million euros is being mooted as the opening bid.

Under contract with Sporting Lisbon until June 2015 , Ilori has a release clause of 20 million euros.

He has also been linked with Valencia, PSG and Toulouse in the ongoing summer transfer market.

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