Liverpool confirms Lucas to be sidelined for season
Liverpool have confirmed that midfielder Lucas Leiva will be out for the rest of the season.
The Brazilian injured his knee in Tuesday night’s Carling Cup win over Chelsea and a scan has revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament which will require surgery.
"The Brazil international will undergo surgery and unfortunately be ruled out for the remainder of the current campaign," said a statement from the club.
The absence of Lucas will be a huge hole to cover as he been a regular fixture over the past 18 or so months. Jay Spearing looks most likely to be given the chance in the defensive midfield role whilst Jonjo Shelvey has been recalled from Championship club Blackpool as cover.
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| Sun May 13th | |||
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| Norwich City | Aston Villa | 14:00 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Fulham | 14:00 | |
| Chelsea | Blackburn Rovers | 2 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Stoke City | Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 2 | 14:00 |
| West Bromwich Albion | Arsenal | 2 - 3 | 14:00 |
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| Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 69 |
| Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 65 |
| Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 64 |
| Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 56 |
| Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 52 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 47 |
| Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 47 |
| Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 47 |
| Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 45 |
| Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 45 |
| Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 43 |
| Aston Villa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | -16 | 38 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 37 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -31 | 36 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -30 | 31 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 25 |
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Comments (3)
@JB - Hi that's a good picture of KD. Looks sickly doesn't he? Bad news about Lucas - he's been the best player all season. Wish it was the bottle-opener instead.
change the ***** picuture of kenny already. you picked out the most miserable poor picture of him on purpose. change it to one where hes at least celebrating a goal. *****.
thats a huge blow, hopefully spearing can step up ad take on the job, cos we arent at our strongest in the holding mid position. at least we got through the last three matches, the remainder of the years fixtures look manageable without lucas, but if hes out all season i can see us signing another holding mid in january.
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