Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva wants to extend his stay at Anfield – Premier League news
Liverpool midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucas-c22528 Leiva has revealed his desire to stay at Anfield and said that he wants to bring UEFA Champions League football back to the club.
Lucas said, “I have no reasons to go and I hope the club see things the same. It would be fantastic to play for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in the Champions League again and I don't see why we can't return. We have a squad that is united in its will and desire to return this
club to where it belongs.”
Lucas is enjoying his prime form and has been a revelation at Liverpool in the ongoing 2010-11 season. The 24-year-old has become a vital member of Kenny Dalglish’s five-man midfield and has done well to fill in the shoes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045, who joined Real
Madrid two seasons ago.
Lucas, who joined Liverpool from Brazilian club Gremio for £5 million in 2007, expressed his contentment over staying with the Merseyside club and wants to extend his contract which is set to expire in 2012.
Moreover, Liverpool who have won five European titles, more than any other club in the Barclays Premier League, failed to qualify for the Champions League in the 2010-11 season and are also unlikely to book their place for next season’s Champions League.
However, Lucas believes that Liverpool have the strength and depth to play the Champions League and wants to help the club in qualifying for the European spot.
Furthermore, the 24-year-old midfielder took some time to make himself proficient of playing in the most rigorous league of the world, the English Premier League. In his early days at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749, Lucas was highly criticised by the Anfield faithful and the Brazilian
feels that he was treated unfairly by the fans. He insisted that the Kop were expecting a lot from him mainly due to the country of his birth.
He said, “Things were not looking good and some supporters were obviously not happy. The move to Liverpool represented a change of country, language and there was also that I was only 20 and arriving at the club in one of the most demanding leagues in the
world. Maybe the supporters thought a Brazilian midfielder would do just magic.”
Lucas has scored six times in 153 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool since making a move from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858.
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