Tottenham's Michael Dawson has emerged as a transfer target of Liverpool, who fear they are about to lose Daniel Agger to Manchester City.
The Premier League champions are keen to reinforce their defence and see Agger as the ideal option.
However, that would leave Anfield chief Brendan Rodgers extremely light at the back, so he has moved to set the wheels in motion for a bid for Dawson.
Liverpool are asking for £22million plus Adam Johnson on loan in return for letting Agger leave - and Caught Offside noted it is not yet known whether City will agree to such a demand.
If they do and Agger heads for the Etihad Stadium, it seems Dawson is the ideal replacement.
Although he is not unhappy at White Hart Lane, new Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas is worried that his lack of pace means he will not fit in with the high defensive line he likes to deploy.
As such, Dawson could be available for transfer, with Villas-Boas confident that he can rely on the likes of Younes Kaboul, Jan Vertonghen and Steven Caulker in the heart of his defence.
Earlier reports suggested Dawson could have been in line for the Spurs club captaincy, but with talk of a move intensifying that now seems unlikely and Scott Parker is likely to take the role instead.
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