It was before Lovren. Yoshida was the other CB I think. Surely, if he had something, they'd have kept him on for another year.
Anyway, they must have seen something there in the first place and hopefully he comes good if we get him.
I'd rather have Tomori and other development cb's than Samba so I'd go for Forren as he is a bit of an unknown. Slightly concerning that Southampton bought him and didn't think he was good enough.