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Tottenham will battle it out with Liverpool to sign Chelsea left-back Ryan Bertrand.
The Blues need to raise transfer funds and are prepared to sell the 24-year-old, who spent the second half of this season on loan at Aston Villa.
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino, who moved to White Hart Lane last week from Southampton, was interested in the England international as a replacement for Manchester United-bound Saints defender Luke Shaw.
However, it is a position he wants to strengthen at White Hart Lane, too.
Danny Rose and Jan Vertonghen shared the role this term, while Benoit Assou-Ekotto is returning from a loan spell at Queens Park Rangers in the hope of getting his first-team place back.
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Pochettino is a big admirer of Bertrand, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012 and is valued at around £6million.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers knows Bertrand well having worked with him at youth level while at Chelsea and the Anfield club are thought to have first registered their interest in January.
