Midfielder Lucas Leiva completed his move from Liverpool to Lazio on Tuesday, signing with the Serie A club.
Liverpool confirmed the Brazil international's switch, and the player will be desperate for more first-team football after falling down the pecking order at Anfield.
While he was used sporadically by manager Jurgen Klopp last term, Lucas would have faced a fight to make the matchday squad for many Reds games if he had stayed.
"Thank you for all the support, especially in difficult times—that's when it means a lot," Leiva said in a release from Liverpool.