Ligue 1 strugglers announced the signing of their old defender Dejan Lovren on a two-and-a-half-year contract from Russian club Zenit. The Croatian centre-back returns for a second spell with the French giants and is looking forward to playing for the club he played for between 2010 and 2013.##NAJAVA_MECA_6920527##The 33-year-old defender will offer some experience and calmness to a disoriented-looking Laurent Blanc’s team.”I am very happy to return to Lyon. It was the club that opened the doors of international football to me. I will never forget that. I have many memories here, and many links too, especially with President Jean Michel Aulas, who has always supported me. I left Lyon in 2013 with regrets because I felt that I hadn’t shown everything. I want to prove to everyone what a player I really am.”
Lovren played 102 games for the Groupama Stadium club before setting off to England. After just a season at Southampton, he signed for Liverpool, where he was a member of the team that lifted the Premier League in 2020 and the Champions League in 2019.After a two-year spell with Russian champions Zenit, Lovren returns to France to settle the unfinished business.LIGUE 1- Matchday 17SundayAngers – Lorient 1-2 (1-0)/Sima 10 – Sima 79 og, Le Fee 88/Monaco – Brest 1-0 (0-0)/Golovin 54/Nantes – Auxerre 1-0 (0-0)/Coco 74/Toulouse – Ajaccio 2-0 (0-0)/Ratao 46, Dejaegere 62/Lyon – Clermont 0-1 (0-0)/Cham 87 pen/Lens – Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 (2-1)/Frankowski 5, Openda 28, Claude-Maurice 48 – Ekitike 8/Monday17:00: (1.85) Strasbourg (3.70) Troyes (4.60)19:00: (1.65) Lille (3.80) Reims (5.50)21:00: (4.60) Montpellier (3.60) Olympique Marseille (1.80)23:00: (1.85) Rennes (3.50) Nice (4.40)***odds are subject to change***