Lovren is set to return to Lyon after 10 years away

French club Olympique Lyonnais announced its contract with Croatian defender Diane Lovren until 2025, as the French team's first deal in the winter transfer period, from Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia. French club Olympique Lyonnais announced that Dejan Lovren is set to 'return to Lyon' after a decade away from the club, with the Croatia defender set to leave Zenit St Petersburg with six months left on his contract. The 33-year-old played 72 games for the French club between 2010 and 2013, before moving on to Southampton and then Liverpool. He left Anfield as a Premier League champion in 2020 and has since spent the past two years playing for Zenit St Petersburg in Russia. The player expressed his happiness with this new step in his career, hoping that he would be able to make a good mark with the French team in the next stage. Thus, the Croatian international star rejoins Lyon after 10 years, as he played for the French team from 2010 to 2013. Lovren is 33 years old, and he moved from Dinamo Zagreb at the beginning of his career to Lyon in 2010, where he continued in his ranks for three years, during which he played 72 matches and scored two goals. Then he moved to Southampton and from there to Liverpool in 2014, which shone in its ranks and was among the starting line-up for the team in many matches, which amounted to 131 matches, during which he scored 5 goals, before leaving the ranks of the Reds in 2020 to the Russian Zenit. Lovren was among the golden team of the team that won the Champions League title in 2019 and the English Premier League title in 2020 under the leadership of German coach Jurgen Klopp.