Manchester City are rivaling Liverpool for Lyon fullback Aly Cissokho.
Liverpool are in the market for a new left-back and have made the 23-year-old one of their summer transfer priorities.
But French media sources say they will not have a clear run at Cissokho with City now ready to reignite their interest in one of their long-term targets.
Cissokho is under consideration at City with Wayne Bridge set to leave this summer.