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Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva intends to hold talks with Jurgen Klopp over his future at the end of the season.

The Reds’ longest serving player is set to enter the final year of his contract this summer and isn’t sure whether his decade-long stay at Anfield will extend into the 2017/18 campaign.

The experienced Brazilian, who joined Liverpool from Gremio in his homeland in 2007, has proved his enduring worth to the club with some impressive performances in recent weeks. But Lucas says he isn’t looking beyond the final month of this season as he bids to help ensure the Reds maintain momentum and clinch a Champions League place.

Asked about his future, Lucas said: “Listen, I would love to have the right answer for you, the 100% answer I’d say.

“I have got one more year left after this, but I think I need to just concentrate on the next five games. I have been here long enough and if the time comes for me to go somewhere else I think I will leave with the feeling that I did everything I could.

“I don’t really know what will happen. I just need to focus on the last five games. The last few games I have played I feel very good. I have played centre-back and midfield, so I give some options to the manager and when he needs me I always try to deliver.

“Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but that happens with everyone. So, listen, there is no doubt about my commitment to Liverpool. I just need to wait until the end of the season, work hard and make a decision together with the club.

“Yes, (I’ll speak with Klopp). I think we will agree something. Good for both of us. I would love to give the answer 100% but unfortunately I cannot give it.”

After overcoming a difficult start to life at Anfield, Lucas has gone on to play for five different Liverpool managers - clocking up 341 appearances.

The 30-year-old has come close to leaving on a number of occasions with Brendan Rodgers pulling the plug on a potential move to Besiktas in 2015 before Klopp did likewise when Galatasaray came calling last summer.

Mindful that Lucas was desperate for regular first-team football, Klopp was prepared to sanction his departure back in January if the right offer was forthcoming. However, Lucas turned down the chance to join Inter Milan on loan and has since found himself playing an increasingly important role in Liverpool’s top-four push.

“I have to analyse,” he added.

“I am getting to the stage of my career where I think I can help a lot, off the pitch of course, but on the pitch as well. Playing time (will play a part), I wouldn’t like to just be around.

“I am 30, I am not 35 or 36. I feel I have many years that I can still play at the top level. I need to see what is best for me and the club and then I am sure we will make a decision together.

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“The commitment will always be there, I will always be keen to help, but now I just need to focus on the next five games and at the end of the season the club will have a better idea in terms of moving forward and what players, game time.”

As for speculation about the possibility of returning to play in his homeland, Lucas said: “In football anything is possible, but going back to Brazil is not my priority at this moment.

“It wouldn’t be right for me to talk about this with five games to go when we have a lot to play for. I want to finish the season on a high.”

Victory at the Hawthorns on Sunday strengthened Liverpool’s grip on a Champions League spot. The third placed Reds are two points clear of Manchester City who have a game in hand.

Manchester United have two games in hand as they look to make up the six-point gap separating them from Klopp’s side. But with City and United still to meet, Lucas knows that Liverpool are masters of their own destiny.

“It depends on us. It is in our hands,” he said.

“We know teams will play each other and drop points and it is impossible to win all the games.

“We just have to keep going and a win like this just gives you a real boost. It is a difficult place to come.

“Many teams come here and drop points and we managed to win and we managed to keep a clean sheet. We defended set-pieces very well so it is not just about three points.

“A lot of things that we did were positive. There are still things to improve on but it was a little step in the right direction.”