BBC are reporting that Lovren is having a medical at Liverpool... and they don't usually print completely fabricated rumours the way some other websites do. £20m according to the beeb. That's a lot for a central defender if true, but I think he would have been a great signing for us so I'm disappointed. Mind you, I wouldn't have said he was a £20m player and would have questioned the wisdom of spending that much on him (though frankly, the transfer market is crazy these days and I'm not sure I have any sense of what any player is "worth" any more).
Can't see Southampton letting Schneiderlin go at this rate... they certainly don't need the cash at this stage. Of course, with the entire team being sold around him, Schneiderlin may very well try to force a move. I don't like seeing players do that, and even though he clearly has a case (fans and players alike can be legitimately p*ssed off at the Southampton fire-sale), I still wouldn't like to see us capitalise on a player going on strike or something like that.
I still think we need another top centre back. And it's annoying to see Liverpool apparently get Lovren. Who else is out there, I wonder? Assume Baldini is on the case while Pochettino handles the US tour.