“It just gets harder and harder!” the long-serving Brazilian said with a smile earlier this week as he discussed the return to training with Liverpoolfc.com.
Lucas is back at the West Derby base for the 11th successive summer having reached the rare milestone of a decade’s service to the Reds at the end of 2016-17.
This pre-season is only the second under Klopp, however, and the No.21 admits the intense nature of the work overseen by the manager and his backroom staff challenges the players – but ultimately rewards them come August.
“They try to test everything – power, balance, stamina, everything.