Lucas Bids Emotional Farewell to Liverpool

Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva bade an emotional farewell to Liverpool, after leaving the club he joined in 2007 for Serie A club Lazio. The Brazilian sealed a £5m move on Monday and had a heartfelt message for the club where he spent a decade. “Thank you for all the support, especially in difficult times, that’s […]
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2017-07-19 16:43:00

Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva bade an emotional farewell to Liverpool, after leaving the club he joined in 2007 for Serie A club Lazio. The Brazilian sealed a £5m move on Monday and had a heartfelt message for the club where he spent a decade.

“Thank you for all the support, especially in difficult times, that’s when it means a lot. We all know that Liverpool fans are really special and they were always here for me,” the Brazilian said on Liverpool’s official website.

“Liverpool as a club and Liverpool as a city is a unique place. I think it’s different from everywhere,” he said. “The fans are a big part of the club, probably the most important part of the club, and without them Liverpool wouldn’t be the same club I would say.

“I’ll always be watching and supporting Liverpool and for sure I’ll be back, in the city to visit friends and watch games in the future. This is one of the greatest clubs in the world and my intention had always been to spend the rest of my career here, but the less I have been able to play, the more I have realised that I need to go to another club if I want to play as much as I possibly can.

“When you love a club and a city as much as I love Liverpool that isn’t an easy decision to come to. The easiest thing for me to do would be to stay here for as long as I can even if I do not expect to play so often, but that would go against everything that I believe in as a footballer and as a competitor.”

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