Former Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva has picked up an impressive set of football shirts during his career - although one in particular left his son baffled.
The Brazilian announced his retirement from football on Friday after routine tests at current club Gremio diagnosed him with a heart condition in December.
Fan favourite Lucas joined Liverpool from Gremio in 2007 and went on to spend the next decade of his life on Merseyside before sealing a switch to Serie A side Lazio.
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Captioning clips of his son, Pedro, on Instagram, Lucas wrote: “Today he asked to see some shirts that I swapped or won from friends!”
The youngster looked through a selection of shirts from Lucas' time in the Premier League. He saw Liverpool tops from Steven Gerrard, Roberto Firmino, Fernando Torres and Daniel Agger before spotting more from some top flight greats.
Lucas had the shirt of Yaya Toure from his Manchester City days and one from Frank Lampard. A top from Xabi Alonso during his time at Bayern Munich was pictured too.
After more great shirts, including one from Lionel Messi, which delighted Pedro, he looked slightly confused to see a number 45 AC Milan top.
“[Mario] Balotelli?” he asked. “Played for Liverpool?”
Despite Lucas playing alongside Balotelli for the Reds, it is perhaps no surprise Pedro has no memory of the Italian's time at Anfield. Balotelli made very little impact, scoring four goals in 28 appearances across all competitions before heading out on loan to AC Milan in 2015, securing a permanent switch to French side Nice a year later.
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