{"id":28363,"date":"2020-07-28T18:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?p=28363"},"modified":"2020-07-28T18:49:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:19:56","slug":"adam-lallana-dejan-lovren-farewell-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/adam-lallana-dejan-lovren-farewell-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren: Farewell to the Liverpool duo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Premier League champions, Liverpool, have had the privilege of fielding some of the finest names in the business. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>They have pitched in with goals, assists, and solidity at the back \u2014 ultimately helping the club win the biggest of trophies. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>However, no champion side is ever complete without squad players \u2014 footballers who don\u2019t always get the limelight but are always there when their teams need them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Reds, after ending their 30-year league draught, have bid adieu to two of their best squad players \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Lallana\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Lallana<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dejan_Lovren\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dejan Lovren<\/a> \u2014 shipping them off to Brighton and Zenit St Petersburg, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Adam Lallana\u2019s contract ended right after Liverpool\u2019s final <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Premier League<\/a> game of the campaign, last weekend. The England international has joined Brighton \u2014 who finished 15th in the league this season \u2014 as a free agent. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Croat, on the other hand, has signed a three-year contract with Zenit, earning the club close to \u00a311 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LFC<\/a> <br>It was a pleasure to be a part of this unforgettable journey. <br>Forever a red \u2764\ufe0f<br>YNWA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsp4fd2PDf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/dsp4fd2PDf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dejan Lovren (@Dejan06Lovren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dejan06Lovren\/status\/1287783953772969984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 27, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren at Liverpool<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Both Dejan Lovren and Adam Lallana moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/tag\/liverpool\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Liverpool<\/a> from Southampton in the summer of 2014. Having excelled at Southampton, they needed to make a mark at Anfield and it was never going to be an easy task. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Beaming with established stalwarts, both took their time to find their feet on Merseyside.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In hindsight, Adam Lallana had a more difficult time settling in, as he spent the first weeks of his Liverpool career nursing a knee injury. He made his debut on matchday four in the Premier League, failing to make an impact in a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa on the 13th of September. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>He took three more weeks to net his first goal for the club. The attacking midfielder opened the scoring in a 2-1 home win against West Bromwich Albion, marking his first notable contribution at Anfield. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Adam Lallana was named in the Football Manager Team of the Decade for his spells at Southampton and Liverpool.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CB5F4KhnQt-\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Dejan Lovren, on the other hand, enjoyed an excellent start to his life in Liverpool. The centre-back was immediately given the task of keeping things tight at the back, and he did an excellent job on that front. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>For the most part, he was a reliable defender, but he almost always used to produce a couple of forgettable moments \u2014 lapses Liverpool could do without. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>His wayward defending cost Liverpool a place in the Champions League knockouts, while his inaccurate spot-kick against Besiktas put the Reds out of the Europa League. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The hapless displays cost him his place in the team, and he was named as one of Premier League Worst 20 signings of the season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc6 \ud83d\udc42\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc42\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLIePrfu30\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nLIePrfu30<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dejan Lovren (@Dejan06Lovren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dejan06Lovren\/status\/1286238998730596352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>After Liverpool booked the services of<a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/tag\/jurgen-klopp\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\"> Jurgen Klopp <\/a>in 2015, Dejan Lovren got the opportunity to earn back his place in the team. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Racking up a bunch of impressive performances, he emerged as a composed defensive leader on the pitch, mirroring his displays last season. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Next season, he once again endured a poor start to the campaign and was again ridiculed for his displays. After Virgil van Dijk\u2019s arrival, the new-formed Lovren-Van Dijk pairing helped Liverpool to a Champions League final, which they eventually lost to Real Madrid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CDLTvMBn7ip\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Adam Lallana continued to impress in bits and pieces, but niggling injuries never granted him the opportunity to fulfil his potential. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>In 196 Premier League games, Lallana managed to bag 30 goals and 28 \u2014 an acceptable return for an unfulfilled prospect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CDCMfnonI5I\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>In their final two seasons, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren won the Champions League and the Premier League with the Reds. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>They didn\u2019t have telling contributions in either of the campaigns, but the reassurance they brought to the team can\u2019t be taken lightly.<\/p>\n\n\n<p> They weren\u2019t superstars by any means, but they managed to fulfil their roles efficiently \u2014 managed to ascend as two dependable options to fall back upon.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/david-silva-one-of-premier-leagues-finest\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Goodbye David Silva: Premier League will miss Manchester City\u2019s Spanish wizard<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League champions, Liverpool, have had the privilege of fielding some of the finest names in the business. They have pitched in with goals, assists, and solidity at the back \u2014 ultimately helping the club win the biggest of trophies. However, no champion side is ever complete without squad players \u2014 footballers who don\u2019t always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":28362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5449,20],"tags":[5040,5041,4603,26,2455],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}