Saints Sign Defender

Southampton Football Club has signed Dejan Lovren from French side Olympique Lyonnais for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old has agreed a four-year contract with Saints after much speculation in recent months, with a number of top European sides being credited with an interest in acquiring his services.

The Croatian international has decided that his footballing future lies at St Mary’s, putting pen-to-paper this evening as the Club’s Executive Chairman Nicola Cortese and First Team Manager Mauricio Pochettino watched on.

Lovren will now link up with his new teammates when the First Team returns to Staplewood for pre-season training at the start of July.

I am hoping that this will be our centre backs sorted now with us also waiting to see Vegard Forren play. Perhaps we have now what will be seen as enough cover in central defence.

So far all I can say is welcome Dejan and we all hope you have a great time with our club. The Saints OS is carrying the full story if you wish to check on some history about our new signing.



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