{"id":352599,"date":"2011-03-31T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/committing-to-a-long-term-liverpool-contract-was-an-easy-decision-lucas\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T10:35:00","slug":"committing-to-a-long-term-liverpool-contract-was-an-easy-decision-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/committing-to-a-long-term-liverpool-contract-was-an-easy-decision-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"Committing to a long-term Liverpool contract was an &#8216;easy decision&#8217; &#8211; Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>31 Mar 2011 11:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.289113622844\">\n<div readability=\"15.685185185185\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lucas Leiva, Liverpool (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/22d7593c110083_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lucas Leiva, Liverpool (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"29.723320158103\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/brazil\/15411\/lucas\">Lucas<\/a> has admitted that he found little difficulty in signing a new long-term contract with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian&#8217;s deal was set to run out at the end of next season, but his positive performances for the Reds have seen him being rewarded with a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has admitted that he had no real difficulty in committing his future to the club, despite the team no longer competing at the top of the table or in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me it was an easy decision because I know how big Liverpool is and I can see Liverpool are committed to me and are planning for a future with me,&#8221; Lucas said, according to the <em>Liverpool Echo<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The effort from the club was amazing and that makes me feel an important player. That\u2019s why it was an easy decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really happy. The last few weeks have been really good for me and now I have signed a new contract and can spend more years at Liverpool I will do my best all the time and try to help the club to be bigger and bigger, if that\u2019s possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder believes that the vision of the club&#8217;s new owners can ensure a bright future.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Everyone wants to be in the Champions League again and to win titles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is what Liverpool is about. The way everything is going I think it will be a very good next few seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have some new players who have come here and that shows we are moving in the right direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_669.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/31\/2419536\/committing-to-a-long-term-liverpool-contract-was-an-easy\" title=\"Committing to a long-term Liverpool contract was an 'easy decision' - Lucas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Committing to a long-term Liverpool contract was an &#8216;easy decision&#8217; &#8211; Lucas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 31 Mar 2011 11:35:00 Lucas Leiva, Liverpool (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Lucas has admitted that he found little difficulty in signing a new long-term contract with Liverpool . The Brazilian&#8217;s deal was set to run out at the end of next season, but his positive performances for the Reds have seen him being rewarded with a new contract. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-352599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Committing to a long-term Liverpool contract was an &#039;easy decision&#039; - Lucas - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/committing-to-a-long-term-liverpool-contract-was-an-easy-decision-lucas\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Committing to a long-term Liverpool contract was an &#039;easy decision&#039; - Lucas - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 31 Mar 2011 11:35:00 Lucas Leiva, Liverpool (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Lucas has admitted that he found little difficulty in signing a new long-term contract with Liverpool . 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