Lucas Leiva has returned to England as he prepares for the next stage of his rehabilitation from an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

The midfielder underwent surgery in Brazil after sustaining the injury during Liverpool's Carling Cup quarter-final win at Chelsea on November 29 and will miss the remainder of the 2011-12 season.

Writing on his official Twitter page on Sunday, Lucas Tweeted...

Prior to boarding his flight back to England on Saturday evening, Lucas Tweeted...