Lille defender Mathieu Debuchy is in the sights of Liverpool.
The Mirror says the 25-year-old is uncapped for France and did not even make Laurent Blanc's all-new squad for the recent friendly against Norway, for which the country's shamed World Cup players were banned.
But Hodgson believes he can strengthen competition for places down a right flank which was exposed by Manchester City in Monday's 3-0 defeat.
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