Al Ettifaq midfielder Jordan Henderson has opened up on the exit from Liverpool this summer. The English midfielder finished his 12-yr tenure at Anfield this summertime and joined the Saudi Pro League. Even so, he has stated that the departure from Liverpool wasn’t as simple as it appeared.
According to the stories from Fabrizio Romano, Henderson was speaking to the Athletic just lately, the place he talked over his departure from Liverpool. He reported, “If one of those men and women (Klopp or FSG) claimed to me, ‘Now we want you to keep,’ then we would not be obtaining this dialogue.”
“That’s not to say that they forced me out of the club, but at no level did I really feel wished by any person to remain.”
He also denied the criticism positioned on him for going to Saudi Arabia for “money.” He mentioned, “I can realize the frustration. I can understand the anger. I get it. All I can say about that is that I’m sorry that they come to feel like that. My intention was never, ever, to harm everyone. My intention has constantly been to aid leads to and communities wherever I felt like they have requested for my enable.”
Henderson was 1 of the five midfielders who remaining Liverpool this summer time. He was joined by Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Fabinho, and James Milner at the Anfield exit gate. The Reds have viewed four midfielders appear by means of the door this summer months, i.e., Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo, and Ryan Gravenberch. He was designed the club captain in 2015 just after the departure of Steven Gerrard to LA Galaxy.