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Jordan Henderson's Saudi Arabia move felt like a "slap in the face" following his support of the LGBTQ+ community, says UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer Jake Daniels (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (55 children)

Henderson could have stayed at Liverpool, less game time but become a mentor, done more charity work etc and cement himself as a Liverpool legend.

Instead he threw it all away to play in front of 800 people, lose all good will, and I guess make bank. Hope that’s worth your legacy being tarnished.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (7 children)

I actually think Liverpool wanted him gone and encouraged it. FFP means that £12m is pure profit and it got his large wages off the books.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Club upper management, almost certainly

Klopp would have been happy for him to stay, fans too - if he accepted the much reduced role. Last season made it clear he was done as a first team player for us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Honestly 12m for an aging Henderson is a decent fee. Liverpool made the right call taking the money on offer.

At the end of the day, Henderson decided to go when he had every chance to turn them down

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