Wednesday, 9th July, 2014
English Premier League pair Leicester and Southampton are amongst the clubs interested in Tours striker Andy Delort, however the Ligue 2 club are not budging from their asking price over the player.
Lens had been making the running to sign Delort from Tours this summer, but are unwilling to pay the amount demanded by the Ligue 2 club.
There is wide interest in the striker with, according to L'Equipe, Leicester, Southampton, Schalke, Borussia Monchengladbach, Montpellier and Standard Liege all keen.
Tours are understood to be asking for a fee of €5m, plus bonuses, in order to part with their clinical marksman.
The Sete-born striker started his career at Corsican outfit Ajaccio, before switching to Nimes.
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He returned to Ajaccio a year later, remaining with the club until Tours snapped him up last year.
Delort has represented France at Under-20 level, while he also turned out for the country's beach football team in 2009.
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