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Liverpool starlet Tiago Ilori is ready to head to France and play for Bordeaux on loan, Sunday People Sport can reveal.

The Portuguese centre-half – back from a season in Spain with Granada – will head back to Europe again for a year to increase his football education.

Ilori, 21, signed from Sporting Lisbon as a long-term project, will have a chance to play at the top level with Les Girondins in the hope of returning as an Anfield first-teamer.

Kop boss Brendan Rodgers rates Ilori highly and he also attracted interest from Borussia Dortmund – but a move to Germany fell through as they could not promise him a game.

Dortmund were keen on Ilori as they fended off interest in World Cup winner Mats Hummels.

But the Bundesliga club’s failure to sell their new skipper means the Liverpool kid would only have been used as cover.