Newcastle United have jumped into the battle for Nice midfielder Khephren Thuram.

The France international is interesting Liverpool this summer.

However, Newcastle are also keen as Tribalfootball.com's transfer expert Rudy Galetti reports: "Liverpool are speeding things up for Khephren Thuram.

"LFC want to close the gap with OGC Nice soon to anticipate the competition of Newcastle, which are starting to move concretely for the player.

"It's an evolving situation."