Liverpool Star Lucas Lends Support to T-Shirt Made in His Honour

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Liverpool Star Lucas Lends Support to T-Shirt

Made in His Honour

PR Newswire

LIVERPOOL, England, July 2, 2012

LIVERPOOL, England

,

July 2, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

A t-shirt designed in honour of

Liverpool

midfielder Lucas Leiva promptly sold

out - after all the remaining stock was snapped up by the man himself.

Love Follow Conquer, a clothing label for Liverpool FC supporters, unveiled the

£15 t-shirt on their website to widespread acclaim with reds from around the

world quick to order and express their approval across social networks.

The reaction wasn't lost on Lucas with many

Liverpool

fans using his Twitter

handle to reference the shirt, and the Brazilian was so impressed with the

design he sent a direct message to Love Follow Conquer asking how he could

get his hands on some - much to the amazement of brand owner and designer

Ian Maloney.

"We couldn't believe it at first; we had to double-check it wasn't a Lucas

impersonator!" Ian said.

"We quickly realised it was the 'real' Lucas and exchanged messages about how

many he wanted and how to get them to him. We told him we only had half a

dozen left in stock after the huge response we'd had and he said he'd take

them all to give to his family.

"He was insistent on paying for them and sent us a cheque which we wouldn't

dream of cashing; it's framed on the wall."

The t-shirt, and its subsequent reaction, emphasises a turnaround in popularity

for a player who was much maligned in his early days at Anfield but has

matured from a youngster in the shadows of Xabi Alonso and Javier

Mascherano into one of the standout midfielders in the Premier League.

Lucas' season was cruelly cut short in

December 2011

with a long-term knee

injury from which he - and to some extent

Liverpool

themselves - are still

recovering from, but his absence has only served to reinforce the surging

affection in which he is held by

Liverpool

supporters.

The Brazilian is due to return to training ahead of the new Premier League

season, coinciding nicely with new stock of the in-demand t-shirt due in mid-

August.

About Love Follow Conquer

Love Follow Conquer is a clothing label for

Liverpool

fans which draws its

influences from a retrospective understanding of one of the most successful

clubs in British history. From Albert Stubbins and Billy Liddell to Kenny Dalglish

and Emlyn Hughes, right up to Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez,

Liverpool

has a

truly distinct identity and heritage - celebrating this is what Love Follow Conquer

is all about.

The Love Follow Conquer collection aims to offer something truly unique for

LFC supporters; something exclusive and timeless with no corporate logos or

sponsorship.

http://www.lovefollowconquer.com