Plenty of Liverpool fans have been reacting to a report from Italian media outlet La Lazio Siamo Noi [via @AnfieldEdition on Twitter] that Lazio are targeting Reds centre-back Dejan Lovren in their search for an experienced defender, with the Anfield club valuing the Croatian at €20m (£18.2m).
Dejan Lovren’s name has “moved to Lazio’s transfer agenda in recent hours”, with the Serie A club keen on signing the signing an experienced defender.
Liverpool value the Croatian at around €20m. [La Lazio Siamo Noi] pic.twitter.com/h37LzDYgxn
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) March 15, 2020
The 30-year-old has been at Liverpool since 2014 and, despite being a member of the Reds’ Champions League-winning squad last season, there have been reports of him being considered dispensable by the club. Last week, the Liverpool Echo claimed that he could be moved on in the summer as part of a planned overhaul of Jurgen Klopp’s first team squad.
Lovren, who came close to joining Lazio’s arch-rivals Roma last year (according to Tuttomercatoweb, via TEAMtalk), memorably scored a stoppage time winner against Borussia Dortmund in a 4-3 Europa League epic in 2016. However, he has had some tough days in his time at Liverpool, not least his error-laden performance in a 4-1 loss at Tottenham in 2017, and he was castigated by Andy Gray and many Reds fans for his part in the recent 3-0 thrashing by Watford.
These Liverpool supporters on Twitter welcomed news of Lazio’s apparent interest in signing the Croatia defender:
Pay them 20 mill
— ? (@VVDijkSZN) March 15, 2020
God please…. Do this for me. On my knees
— Nna O (@OdiiNnaemekah) March 16, 2020
We pay them £20 million right?
— Will Moriarty ? (@will_moriarty) March 15, 2020
GET HIM GOOOOOONEEEEEE
— ??? (@OH_M4NE_M4NE) March 15, 2020
They are welcome to him this Summer.
— Van The Man (@DavidVaughan5) March 15, 2020
Please, please buy him!
— SteoglynnOTT (@SteoglynnO) March 15, 2020
Take whatever you can get
— Read Rothbard (@jah_b_irie) March 15, 2020
Would you be happy to see Lovren departing Liverpool in the summer if Lazio follow through on their reported interest in him? Have your say by commenting below!
