Lucas Leiva ‘left Liverpool in five minutes’

Ian Watson

Lucas Leiva says he had no hesitation in leaving Liverpool for Lazio despite his affinity with the Merseyside club.

The midfielder brought down the curtain on a decade-long stay at Anfield this summer when he chose Serie A over his other offers.

Lucas was in no doubt that it was the right time to leave the club.

“I had a chance to move to Turkey but I had others offers from Italy as well”, Lucas told Goal.

“I had a very strong relationship with Liverpool but it took us five minutes to part ways. It was the right moment to leave and Liverpool understood I needed a new challenge.”

“Lazio have had a good start to the season, we won the Super Cup and we’ve done pretty well in Europe as well. It’s still early to have a verdict on my experience here because we are only at the beginning of the season.”

“I adapted well to Italian football although I still need to improve tactically. I want to help Lazio and it would unfair to say that everything is going well because I’ve just arrived. We are all going the right direction.”