Lucas

[Ted]

Signed a five year deal today.

 

Good stuff.

[Fugitive]

Excellent.

[benite]

Great news

[JohnnyH]

I'm pleased. Some will be gutted.

[Guest PurpleNose]

About fucking time.

[StevieH]

Should get a decent fee for him in the summer now.

[Trumo]

silverlining will be knocked sideways by this news.

[WrongIslander]

Very happy to hear this.

[Monster Masch]

Happy with that. Definitley warrants a place in our squad but I feel we could improve on him in the first team. Got given the Brazil No. 5 shirt as well!

[Steve Holt]

I'm pleased by this. The lad has been very good for us this season. I think we need to get someone other than Poulsen to compete with him, but I'm very happy to see him secured.

[Reacher]

'It was an easy decision to make'

 

Lucas Leiva today spoke of his delight after committing his future to Liverpool.

 

After news broke that the Brazilian midfielder has signed a new long-term contract with the Reds, the 24-year old immediately turned his sights towards helping the Reds re-establish themselves as a force in English and European football.

 

"For me it was an easy decision because I know how big Liverpool is and I can see Liverpool are committed to me and are planning for a future with me," he told Liverpoolfc.tv. "The effort from the club was amazing and that makes me feel an important player. That's why it was an easy decision.

 

"I am really, really happy. The last few weeks have been really good for me and now I have signed a new contract and can spend more years at Liverpool I will do my best all the time and try to help the club to be bigger and bigger, if that's possible.

 

"Everyone wants to be in the Champions League again and to win titles. That is what Liverpool is about. The way everything is going I think it will be a very good next few seasons.

 

"We have some new players who have come here and that shows we are moving in the right direction. I am pleased with the way Liverpool tried to keep me and now I want to keep doing my best for them.

 

"I don't think people thought I could stay here for so long, but now I want to just keep on improving."

 

Source: 'It was an easy decision to make' - Liverpool FC

 

Sorry Silverlining!

[fowler9]

get in!

[usernameunknown]

Great news.

 

That's Maddock's credibility shot to pieces aswell, not that he had much left anyway.

[ChicagoRed]

When you consider how some players piss and moan, I'm full of admiration for Lucas for the way he's got his head downed and worked his way to a regular place. He's a great squad player and gives the impression of being a great person as well. And he can still get better and I know several will say he's got a long way to go.

I'm glad he's signed.

[TheResonator]

Didn't Maddock call this earlier?

 

Cracking signing. Good player who will probably keep getting better for at least a few years. Spot on mentality - pleased to have him on board.

[TheResonator]

Didn't Maddock call this earlier?

 

Cracking signing. Good player who will probably keep getting better for at least a few years. Spot on mentality - pleased to have him on board.

[usernameunknown]

Didn't Maddock call this earlier?

 

 

Said the club hadnt even opened talks over a new contract just 2 days ago.

 

Liverpool transfer news Lucas is being lined up for a £3m move to Napoli as Reds continue to track Blackpool star Charlie Adam as central midfield replacement - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

[Trucker Paddy]

Delighted for the lad, shift out poulsen and aqualani now and get Adam and a Sissoko type player in and were sorted in centre midfield, I don't expect Lucas up be first choice next season but he brings more to the squad than poulsen

[TheResonator]

Said the club hadnt even opened talks over a new contract just 2 days ago.

 

I know, fella. I was using sarcasm to highlight Maddock's bellendry.

[usernameunknown]

I know, fella. I was using sarcasm to highlight Maddock's bellendry.

 

Haha! Whoops, apologies. Sports journalism in this country continues to excel itself.

[jmckenna]

Hello everyone !

First post.

I think this is great news. The stick Lucas still gets amazes and disappoints me.

He just turned 24 and is only 10 months younger and 10 times better than Spearing , who some seem to laud over.

I think Lucas is better than just a squad player.

[Fugitive]

BREAKING NEWS: A Man has broken into the Liverpool training complex and has taken Damien Comolli, Lucas and Dalglish hostage. He was seen entering with a selection of weapons and various implements of torture. Police say a leg was seen to be thrown from a window by the suspect who then screamed "The cunt cant play if he's only got one leg".

 

Police have yet to establish a full identity for the suspect but he is said to go by the nickname 'Silverlining'.

 

More as we get it...

[Carradona]

I don't really have any complaints with this. If it was this time last season, I would have been angry about it.

 

Fair play to him, he's improved this season and hopefully he can continue to do so.

[Delmar]

I like it when we say we have a strategy for the kind of players we sign, we have a management that follows that strategy, and no one else but they themselves knows what the details are.

 

And I like Lucas as a player, happy to see him get rewarded.

[Hand Shandy]

Delighted for the lad, shift out poulsen and aqualani now and get Adam and a Sissoko type player in and were sorted in centre midfield, I don't expect Lucas up be first choice next season but he brings more to the squad than poulsen

 

This.

 

The training cones at Melwood bring more to the squad than Poulsen...