‘I never wanted to leave Liverpool,’ says Lucas

Lucas insists he “never wanted to leave” Liverpool, with the midfielder admitting his game against Arsenal potentially saved his Anfield career.

Brazilian midfielder Lucas was omitted from the Reds’ squad for their opening two games against Stoke and Bournemouth, and was linked with a move to Turkish side Besiktas in the summer transfer window.

However, he was recalled to the starting line-up by Brendan Rodgers against Arsenal last month, impressing in that game and proving his worth to the side since in the absence of captain Jordan Henderson.

Lucas admits that while he was frustrated due to his lack of game time at the start of the season, he “never wanted to leave” the club.

“I was very frustrated that I couldn’t make the squad for the first two games, but I had to keep training and working hard because we have a lot of examples where football can change in a moment,” Lucas told the Daily Mirror.

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“Of course, I never wanted to leave Liverpool. I have a home here and my family are very happy. But sometimes you do find yourself thinking about another solution if you think that will keep your career going.

“A couple of things happened during the first couple of games that gave me the chance to play against Arsenal, and I believe it was because I was training so hard and was well prepared that I was able to come in and have a good game.

“Maybe if there hadn’t been the Arsenal game, I wouldn’t be here now. But I always believe that things happen for a reason.

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“I’m very happy that I stayed and I will keep fighting for the club as I have been doing for the past eight years.”

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A disappointing 1-1 home draw with Norwich on Sunday leaves Liverpool lying in 13th in the Premier League table, but Lucas feels Brendan Rodgers and his side are capable of bouncing back.

“We have to keep perspective. It’s very early and experience has taught me not to get too carried away by victories and not to get too down after defeats.

“If we keep working hard, improving and picking up points, then we can still get to where we want to be.”

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Watching Liverpool turn in another dross performance, I found myself over and over again wishing that Norwich just had a bit more quality in the final third to punish us. 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, all would have been ideal scorelines because I believe until we bin off Brendan we can’t improve. And we apparently can’t bin him off until we’re bottom of the table, so let’s hurry up and get there. The players have clearly lost confidence in something, and at this point wether it’s the man, the plan, or themselves is irrelevant – something has to change, and the easiest thing to change is the manager. Especially as we’ve already tried changing the players and the plan. I never thought we’d get top four, but now I can’t see us finishing in the top ten, and that really should be unacceptable. I think we’re coming up against the American mentality of our owners now – they have been raised on American sports, where the fundamentally different player recruitment system means any and all teams can go from dross to title challengers to dross and then back again within a few years. They don’t understand football doesn’t work like that, for better or for worse. They don’t seem to grasp that when we went from seventh to second we actually did something pretty close to impossible (Pulis and Palace’s 10th be damned) which cannot be repeated without Luis Suarez. Until they do grasp it, we’re going to get steadily worse as Rodgers flounders about for results but refuses the obvious improvements (e.g. Sakho, 4-4-2 diamond, or even loads of crosses into the box to make the most of Benteke’s head and hold-up play).

A key problem is that Rodgers wants to be Mourinho, but has nowhere near enough self-confidence (or ability) to do it – Mourinho, in Rodgers’ position, would bounce crosses off Benteke’s head all day long, and then when asked about it would deny changing his play style, then admit he has changed it the next day, then the next say something like ‘my style is to win’. Rodgers has become so afraid of criticism he keeps repeating the same passy-pressy game that worked with Suarez in the hopes that one of our players will magically become him – he has so little confidence in himself that he cannot bear to try something actually new, because that would mean admitting he has been wrong, and only deeply insecure people cannot face that.