Saint's Croatian defender Dejan Lovren has remarkably talked to the Croatian media about why he is disappointed with Southampton, and why "frankly, his head is already at Liverpool".
Liverpool appear to have had a £18 million bid rejected by the club for the player, and Lovren is disappointed that they seem to be getting in the way of a move that would see him follow team mates Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana into the Champions League competing side on Merseyside, and a team that he respects and admires massively.
The 25 year old said:
"Liverpool sent the offer and the club haven’t informed me, not even about the subsequent Liverpool bids, and that wasn’t right.
"I found out from other people, which disappointed me, and I realise I’ve got no business staying at Southampton.
"Frankly, my head is already at Liverpool. They are one of the biggest clubs in the world and the last time I played at Anfield I got chills when I heard ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’. I would like to listen to it all the time."
"They paid £9m for me so they would’ve earned twice the amount. At this point, I don’t know what I’ll do and I don’t like it.
"Frankly, my head is already at Liverpool. They are one of the biggest clubs in the world and the last time I played at Anfield I got chills when I heard ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’. I would like to listen to it all the time."
He continued to say that the club made promises which swayed him to the move to the St Mary's stadium in the first place last summer, and these promises haven't been kept.
"I signed because the club had great ambition. Cortese (the chairman) and Pochettino convinced me to sign, gave me assurances about the project and incredible confidence, but when the chairman left and Pochettino was going too, as early as April, I realised things had fallen apart.
"Honestly, I don’t know who the main man at the club is anymore. I’d gladly stay at Southampton if the club had any ambitions and if they kept the key players – not even the Liverpool bid would have dissuaded me if they had done that."
Lovren appeared 31 times for Southampton last season, forming a strong partnership with Jose Fonte that helped his side to a fantastic 8th placed finish in the league. He also scored the winner in the game that saw them leave Anfield with all 3 points in a 0-1 win in September.
