Lucas leaves Liverpool for Lazio 'to play more games'

Football Soccer - Tranmere Rovers vs Liverpool - Pre Season Friendly - Liverpool, Britain - July 12, 2017 Liverpool's Lucas Leiva Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough

LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva said on Tuesday he had left "one of the greatest clubs in the world" for a new life at Lazio.

The 30-year-old Brazilian, who played 346 times in his 10 years at Liverpool, after joining from Gremio in 2007, signed for the Serie A club after passing a medical in Rome.