Dejan Lovren says he has "a duty" to speak out on social issues after refugee past
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mirror.co.ukDejan Lovren believes he has "a duty" to voice his thoughts on social issues in light of his upbringing as a refugee. As a three-year-old, Lovren fled Yugoslavia for Munich to escape the Bosnian War with his family.
But with insufficient paperwork to stay in Germany, the Liverpool defender was forced to move to Croatia seven years later. And the 30-year-old insists his childhood compels him to speak out on social issues - amid the global protests prompted by the death of George Floyd in police custody in the US last week. "It's not only about how you perform and scoring goals," Lovren told Sky Sports. "I think you should use your platform, especially when you have millions of people who are following you. "I want to be recognised also
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