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Lucas Leiva has insisted it is never too late to improve under a new manager as he prepares to adapt to Jurgen Klopp’s way of playing.

The Brazilian midfielder is now working for his fifth Liverpool boss since arriving at Anfield in 2007, making him the longest-serving player in the squad.

He has worked under different types of managers – including the meticulous Rafael Benitez and expansive Kenny Dalglish – but faces new challenges under the German coach, who is famed for his “full throttle” style.

But even at 28, Lucas is confident he can adapt and learn under the new man in the dugout.

“I think I’m always learning,” he said. “Managers have their own views of the game, and a different approach, it’s never too late to learn and improve.

“Of course, you get towards the end of your career and it becomes harder but I don’t think I’m there yet.

“I still have a lot to learn, a lot to improve, and that’s what I’m doing every day.”

Lucas’ time at the club was expected to come to an end in the summer, with Besiktas in talks with Liverpool over a move for the former Brazil international.

But Liverpool shelved plans to offload him as Brendan Rodgers recalled him into the starting line-up for the game at Arsenal in August.

Though Lucas did not have his best spell with the Reds during Rodgers’ three seasons in charge, he admits there is fear attached whenever a new manager is appointed.

“Of course,” he added. “For players who have been playing every game with one manager and the other comes is always [tough].

“Players feel like they have to prove themselves again and have to make this guy like me.

“But we are used to this and as a team I just think we see it as an opportunity to improve really.”

Lucas was not a player immediately linked with improvement under Klopp, but he started in the 48-year-old’s first game against Tottenham, with Klopp turning to him at half-time at home to Rubin Kazan.

The holding midfielder had a positive impact on the game, and almost won it for the Reds with a volley in stoppage time.

Despite the period of adaptation that awaits under Klopp, Lucas regards his appointment as a chance to get better, both as a player and a team.

He said: “We have a manager who has a very good CV and won important things in another country.

“The way Borussia Dortmund played was very attractive, so as a team and for myself it’s an opportunity to improve as a player.

“It can help us become better players, a better team, and that’s what we want.

“Of course he seems to be a very open manager, very straight. His approach is very comfortable but if he doesn’t like something, he will say it because that’s the way he feels and that’s the only way we are going to improve.

“We listen, and there has been a lot of information for us, and this last week has been very positive.”

Lucas is not a player traditionally linked with a high-tempo pressing game, his reputation created on a more defensive outlook, controlling the play from deep.

In Klopp’s first title-winning team at Dortmund, he successfully transformed Sebastian Kehl – a similar sort of player to Lucas – into an essential part of the side.

Lucas admitted he has been asked to adapt his style of play already, along with the rest of the team.

He added: "The style changed a bit, in the way we press. Not just for me but as a team, he asked us to be on the front foot in terms of the pressing and to make it uncomfortable for the opponent.

“It changed a bit for myself, but it is not just something for me – as a team, it’s how he wants us to do it.”