Lazio are considering making a move this month for Liverpool defender Kolo Toure, according to Italian daily Il Messaggero.
The Serie A side are determined to sign another central defender in the current transfer window and are assessing a number of options.
Liverpool's Toure, who is well down the pecking order at Anfield, has emerged as a genuine option for the club.
It does however remain to be seen whether Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp would be prepared to part with the defender midway through the campaign.
Lazio are also considering former Genoa defender Andreas Granqvist.
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The 30-year-old Sweden international currently plies his trade in Russia with FC Krasnodar, having joined the club from Genoa in 2013.
Lazio have had problems keeping goals out this season and have conceded 26 in just 17 Serie A games.
As a result they sit just tenth in Serie A and well adrift of a top three Champions League spot.
