As Jurgen Klopp‘s long-time captain and one among his most outstanding gamers, Jordan Henderson‘s absence from any tributes to the supervisor stunned many.
Henderson has featured extra below Klopp than every other supervisor in his profession, with 304 appearances for the German making him his fifth most-used participant.
However after a controversial transfer to Saudi Arabia final summer time and his subsequent change to Ajax, the 33-year-old’s status in England has taken a significant blow.
Whereas present and former gamers took half in tributes to Klopp forward of his departure from Liverpool on Sunday, Henderson was notable in his absence.
Talking on the Persist with Soccer podcast, Jamie Carragher revealed he contacted his former team-mate over collaborating in Sky Sports activities’ reflection on Klopp’s time at Anfield, however discovered he “wasn’t himself.”
“I spoke to Jordan two or three weeks in the past on textual content, and it was about placing one thing collectively for Klopp, for Sky Sports activities – actually good piece,” Carragher defined.
“And I might inform he wasn’t himself.
“Folks have made a giant deal about after they’ve watched it, ‘why isn’t Jordan Henderson on it?’.
“It was type of by means of me, and I might get the sensation that he was like ‘I’m not chatting with the press over right here’.
“So I don’t know what the performances have been like, the outcomes, I do know it’s not been an awesome season for Ajax – that’s why they introduced him in initially in January.
“I feel there was an interview the place a Dutch man actually put it on him, type of stated ‘your efficiency was actually [bad]’.
“And I might simply really feel [he wasn’t himself] – and I didn’t push him an excessive amount of on ‘can we organise this interview?’.”
Henderson has undoubtedly dropped within the estimations of many supporters since his determination to go away Liverpool, which happened after talks with Klopp over his position within the season simply gone.
That was compounded on Tuesday when he was disregarded of Gareth Southgate’s provisional squad for Euro 2024, successfully ending his profession with England.
However the suggestion that he wouldn’t participate in tributes to Klopp because of his relationship with the media continues to be curious.
“He’s had quite a lot of stick during the last 12 months, and a few folks may assume rightly so with the transfer to Saudi, gone to Ajax and no matter,” Carragher continued.
“I really feel a little bit bit for Jordan Henderson, as a result of I don’t assume he deserves it.
“You realize him, I do know him personally. There’s quite a lot of nice footballers – Jordan’s an awesome footballer – however there’s much less nice footballers who’re correct males, correct lads. He, for me, is a correct lad.”
