Lucas Leiva
Pearce said: “It will be interesting to see how it develops over the coming weeks. I’m sure Rodgers will speak to Lucas like he will all of the players, and assess where they’re at.
“I think with Lucas, you go back to January, and I think he probably was a bit unsettled and hadn’t been particularly happy about the [amount] of football he’d played in the first half of the season.
“But at that time when there was interest from Inter Milan there was no chance that Liverpool were going to sell him. I don’t think anything is cut and dried with Lucas…but it’s certainly one to keep an eye on.”
We say: It’d be sad to see Lucas go. The Brazilian has been a loyal and often underrated player in our midfield. However, with someone likely to make way for Emre Can as he pursues a move from defence into midfield, the experienced man could well be the fall guy. If we bring in another player to go with the addition of James Milner as well this summer, as has been rumoured, then Lucas will be well down the pecking order.
