Rickie Lambert has praised former Southampton and Liverpool team mate Dejan Lovren for overcoming a difficult start at Anfield, revealing he told the Croatian 'you’re going to be a great defender' before he left the club.
Lovren and Lambert both moved to Merseyside from the South coast in the summer of 2014, but while Lambert stayed for just a season before joining West Brom, Lovren has established himself as a key figure in central defence.
He had a shaky start to life at Liverpool following his £20million transfer, but Lambert, a boyhood fan of the Reds, said he never doubted Lovren would make his mark.