Shawcross targeted by LFC?

However, chairman Peter Coates will not let him go cheaply and there is the added complication that Manchester United still have first refusal on any transfer.

Liverpool are considering their options; Gary Cahill looks likely to join Arsenal, Scott Dann may lack a bit of pace, Mamadou Sakho is leaning towards a stay at ambitious Paris St Germain and Lyon's Dejan Lovren would struggle to get a work permit. They still have irons in the fire and Shawcross has never been too far from their thinking.

Tottenham would like him and could offer players in return but so could Liverpool. They need to offload several fringe players although the obvious candidate Sotirios Kyrgiakos is understood to be not overly keen on a move to the Britannia.