Olympique de Lyonnais defender Dejan Lovren tracked by Liverpool FC – Ligue 1 news
Reports in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dejan-Lovren-c10779 could be on his way out of the Stade Gerland after it was reported that English Premier League side Liverpool FC are interested in signing the highly-rated Croatian defender.
The 21-year-old defender joined Les Gones last season and since his arrival, has become an integral part of the Lyon http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904. The Zenica-born player joined Lyon in January 2010 on a four and a half year contract from Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.
However, it now appears that the youngster might be on the verge of signing for the Reds in the next few days after it was reported that Liverpool http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sporting-89-c40576 Director Damien Comolli arrived at Lyon in order to discuss a possibility of signing the talented
defender. Furthermore, reports suggest that Liverpool have turned their gaze on the French Ligue 1 and are looking to sign a few players from France’s top football division. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aly-Cissokho-c5313 (Lyon)
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sylvain-Marveaux-c34432 (Stade Rennais) are all linked to a move to Anfield and the next few days would confirm which of the aforementioned players would be playing for the Scousers.
According to English newspaper The Daily Star, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish asked Damien Comolli to find out a possibility of singing Lovren after it was revealed that the club’s initial target http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385 had chosen to join archrivals
Manchester United. Furthermore, Liverpool’s defensive frailties were evident throughout the 2010/2011 English Premier League season and Dalglish has now started his search for a new defender who could provided stability to the back four of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809. With
central defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jamie-Carragher-c17728 heading towards the final years of his career, Dalglish now sees the young Croatian as the perfect candidate to replace the 33-year-old England international.
However, signing the 21-year-old defender could prove to be a difficult task for Liverpool as Lyon would not be willing to let go of the player who is yet to realize his full potential. Furthermore, Lovren’s contract at the club would expire in 2014 which
means that the player won’t available at a cheap price. However, Liverpool now have the financial backing of the New http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Werner is willing to splash the cash on players who could be valuable to Liverpool for years to come.
An offer in the region of 15 million Euros might be enough for Lyon to let go of the talented defender and would also give Les Gones some extra cash through which they can recruit new players ahead of the 2011/2012 Ligue 1 season.
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