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Lucas: "I almost left under Hodgson"


Lucas Leiva has admitted that he came close to leaving Anfield in the summer of 2010 when Roy Hodgson took the managerial reigns at the club.

 

With transfer funds in limited supply under the stewardship of Gillett and Hicks, it was widely reported at the time that the Brazilian was one of a number of players the club were prepared to offload to raise money for new signings.

 

A move to Italian side Fiorentina was mooted, whilst Stoke City were also reported to be interested in acquiring his services and the popular Brazilian admits he almost ended up in Serie A.  “I felt as though it was almost the end for me at the club. I nearly left. I knew they were looking for players. They signed Christian Poulsen at the time, and that was a message for me, that I was not really in their plans.  So I was really close to leaving to go to Italy."

 

The move never came off, Poulsen fared about as well as Hodgson did and Lucas outlasted the pair of them. "For some reason I did not go, I stayed" he said.  "After a few games, I got my place back in the team and I started to play a bit more. Then Kenny came in. I really started to play with a lot of confidence and at the end of the year I was voted Player of the Season by the fans. So that moment was very important.”

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Have you no respect? I'll never forget the morning of the Leeds game...:rolleyes:

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I cant wait to get a laptop, im gona try and do loads of stuff while posting on the tsf, like ironing my socks for example

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there are a plethora of things you can do when typing gotta love being a lefty. pb we need to get ratted in the hague more.

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