Newly promoted Ligue 1 club Monaco have joined Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool in the race for Portugal youth - teamer Tiago Ilori.<br /><br />Portuguese sports daily<i> A Bola </i>says the French moneybags are lining up a swoop for the 20 - year - old Sporting Lisbon defender.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Under contract with Sporting Lisbon until June 2015 , Ilori has a release clause of 20 million euros.<br /><br />He has also been linked with Valencia, PSG and Toulouse in the ongoing summer transfer market.<br /><br />Photo Credit: ogol.com.br<span class="irc_iis" id="irc_hd"><a data-ved="0CAcQjB0wAA" href="http://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=i&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;docid=Yj1WraFrAsGWOM&amp;tbnid=7gzkRqxiUAH3KM:&amp;ved=0CAcQjB0wAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogol.com.br%2Ffoto.php%3Fid%3D62585&amp;ei=c0o3Ufa8B4fXPeXfgNgK&amp;psig=AFQjCNHcf2Ko32C_p6ifp_m78PPCvQBaHw&amp;ust=1362664435186833" class="irc_itl" id="irc_hol"><span id="irc_ho"></span></a><span id="irc_dim"></span></span><br /><br /><br />