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Liverpool boss Rodgers insists he wants to keep Johnson, Lucas

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers doesn't want to lose Glen Johnson nor Lucas Leiva. Rodgers has ruled out letting either player leave Merseyside and has insisted they still have a role to play at the club.

He said: "We can't have three or four leaving next season. The intention will be to keep everyone, partly because of the mix in the group.

"Steven [Gerrard] will obviously be a loss, when you are losing someone of that calibre of man and player it would be a loss to any club, but you move on.

"For the younger players to develop their potential they are going to need that seniority around them. You can't just have a whole group of young players.

"Glen Johnson we want to keep, Lucas we want to keep."

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