Tottenham Hotspur 'to swoop for Liverpool target Yevhen Konoplyanka'

Tottenham Hotspur are to step up their pursuit of Liverpool target Yevhen Konoplyanka when they take on his current club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the second leg of their Europa League tie this Thursday, according to reports.

Konoplyanka, 24, scored the only goal of the first leg from the penalty spot as he caused Tim Sherwood's side plenty of problems and the Sunday People claims that the North London outfit are determined to beat the Merseysiders to the Ukrainian international's signature.

It is said that Spurs will need to pay in excess of the £15m initially agreed between Liverpool and Dnipro on transfer deadline day last month, before the deal collapsed, in order to seal a move for the winger.

Liverpool thought that they had an agreement in place for Konoplyanka's services in January, but that deal is reported to have broken down when Dnipro's owner refused to sign the paperwork.