Lucas Leiva now plays for Lazio (Getty)

Lucas Leiva may have left Liverpool but he’s revealed how much his passion for the club continues.

The Brazilian midfielder, who left for Lazio last summer after a decade at Anfield, is looking forward to the Champions League semi-final between Liverpool and Roma.

So captivated is he by the fixture, he’s revealed that he’s hoping to get tickets among the away supporters for the second-leg in Rome.

‘I’m still thinking about it, but I’m hoping I can go to the Liverpool end and watch the game – and maybe take some of my friends and my son,’ he told Liverpool’s official website.




‘We still follow Liverpool a lot, we watch every game and I hope they can get to the final.’

A view of Roma’s Stadio Olimpico (Getty)

As well as his affiliation with Liverpool, Leiva now plays for Roma’s local rivals Lazio to give him added motivation for backing his old side.

Speaking ahead of tonight’s first-leg at Anfield, he said: ‘It will be a great night, for sure. For the players, a good experience.

‘It’s a big game, a semi-final. It maybe won’t be that different from some games that I experienced with Liverpool – the Europa League, that game against Dortmund and then Villarreal.

‘I’m looking forward to it and I’ll be supporting Liverpool for sure.’

Leiva spent 10 years at Liverpool (Getty)