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Dejan Lovren: 'Ivan Perisic moving to Liverpool would be great'

Dejan Lovren has told Croatian news outlet Sportske novosti that he would welcome Liverpool signing Ivan Perisic, but said he was not aware of any plans for a transfer.

Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United have all been linked with a move for the Inter Milan winger.

Perisic played under Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during his time at Borussia Dortmund.

Lovren says he and the Liverpool dressing room would welcome the Croatia international with "open arms."

"We players do not know anything about [transfers] until it happens. That's always the case," the centre-half said. "But a player like Perisic moving to Liverpool would be great. He is a top-quality player.

"At Liverpool, all the players would welcome him with open arms.

"Obviously I do not know if it is true. But what I can say is that he has exceptional football skills, knowledge and a higher than average quality."

Perisic moved to the San Siro from Wolfsburg in the summer of 2015 and has made 70 appearances for Inter, scoring 18 goals.