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Juventus are targeting a January move for Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson.

England international Johnson is on course to become a free agent at the end of the season but Juve believe they may be able to do a cut-price deal with the Reds and sign him in the next window.

Liverpool risk losing Johnson for nothing next summer but so far they have not reached agreement on a new contract.

But Juventus may find Johnson's big contract a stumbling block. The 30-year-old defender is likely to want a big pay-day if he moves to Italy.

A switch to Turin for Johnson would see him continue a recent trend for England full-backs, with Ashley Cole joining Roma from Chelsea on a Bosman this summer and Manchester City loaning Micah Richards to Fiorentina for the final season of his deal.