Dejan Lovren's wages have proved a stumbling block in his move to Bayer Leverkusen.

Liverpool are willing to sell the Croatian after he fell down Jurgen Klopp's centre-back pecking order last season.

Roma were keen on signing Lovren but Leverkusen are now favourites for his signature.

The Bundesliga club are prepared to pay £2.75m loan fee to sign the 30-year-old.However, Bildsays Lovren is refusing to budge on his €9m yearly salary, which is too much for Leverkusen