Football: Golden Ball by Lucas is ready to glitter on the big stage at Anfield ; Liverpool FC feature: Star arriving with award won by Kaka, Tevez and Romario The story of new signing Lucas Leiva FIRST Edition

After this week's first leg of the showpiece final [Lucas Leiva]' hopes of landing Gremio's third South American crown and their first since 1995 lie in tatters. "He can be a holding midfielder but he likes to go box to box. He scores goals and is a complete player. Lucas will be...

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Published inLiverpool echo
Main Author Pence, James
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Liverpool (UK) MGN Ltd 16.06.2007
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Leiva, Lucas
Paletta, Gabriel
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Summary:After this week's first leg of the showpiece final [Lucas Leiva]' hopes of landing Gremio's third South American crown and their first since 1995 lie in tatters. "He can be a holding midfielder but he likes to go box to box. He scores goals and is a complete player. Lucas will be ready to join the first-team squad from next season." A run of sparkling performances from the nephew of former Brazilian international Leivinha also led to interest from a host of top Spanish and Italian clubs but he opted for the five times European Champions. "I really didn't expect to leave Brazil so soon but what I have been offered and the team from which it came made it impossible to say no," Lucas said.