Lucas Leiva to be Brendan Rodgers building block for Liverpool future

Liverpool welcomed back their 2010-11 player of the season in Brazilian midfielder, Lucas Leiva during the clubs preseason friendly with Toronto FC. Leiva suffered a season ending knee injury against Chelsea in the early stages of the 2011-12 campaign for the club and has been sidelined ever since.

For a player that was once loathed by the Anfield faithful, Lucas won the hearts of the Liverpool supporters during the past two seasons as he has only gotten better and better in the heart of the Reds midfield.

His injury last season saw the club miss him all season, and a player that was once an outcast by the fans was mourned for being absent from the first team.

According to new manager Brendan Rodgers in the Daily Mail, Lucas is the key to the club’s midfield future as the North Irishman plans to build his new look Liverpool around the talented young Brazilian that despite his experience is still only 25 years of age.

His youth career saw him developed as an attacking midfielder at Gremio in Brazil before being transformed into a more defensive midfielder during 2009-10 after the departures of both Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano from Liverpool.

With a skill set for both styles now, Lucas is set to become the Reds more important centerpiece as the anchor of the Midfield and most likely the supporter of Alberto Aquilani and Steven Gerrard.

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