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Published 19:32 27 Dec 2015 GMT
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"He was our leader, the captain," Lucas said. "So many times he stepped in front of the team and took responsibility.
"Like the fans I think we prepared ourselves for him not being there at the start of pre-season. We had a nice trip to Dubai — all the players — to say goodbye. We prepared it as a kind of surprise for him. We’d never done that before. We did it to show how much he would be missed. How much he means to us."
Lucas also revealed that since Gerrard swapped Liverpool for LA Galaxy in the summer, that his locker has not been used and that he'd be surprised if any new players would take Gerrard's former shirt number.
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