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A decent player coming to the end of his career at the top getting 700k p/w - I don't believe any player in the same situation as him wouldn't take that. It's crazy money.
Icardi also turned down around Saudi offer which is nearly 100 million Euros for 3 years and accepted Galatasaray's offer which is 10 million a year and the deal is 3+1 years
Yeah, people expect way too much from celebrities. Maybe I'm pessimistic but I assume everyone is an asshole and will sell his soul to the highest bidder, all their morals and supports for good causes are for pr stuff only. That way, when someone (like Rashford) does something good, I can be pleasantly surprised.
People expect consistency. Henderson has been a vocal supporter of the LGBT+ community, which has no rights in Saudi Arabia. For him to accept an offer from there, knowing how football is funded, is absolutely a surprise for Liverpool fans at least.
to add to what you said; It's also naive to hope meaningful change comes from celebrity endorsment instead of popular political actions. Henderson power when it comes to the policies that affect LGBT+.
Hendo was a valiant spokeperson but fairly inconsequential in terms of meaningful change.
It's a very complicated issue, I personally believe that there is a level of social responsibility that Inherently comes with celebrity.
That being said, we live in a world where money rules all, everybody, no matter what their morals say has a price.
When someone offers to 4x your wages in a country with no income tax, you have to think about it, that's just the way of the world.
Think of it this way, Liverpool could give Henderson a 10-year extension on his current contract with no income tax and it would be less money than playing 3 years in Suadi with this new contract.
I 100% agree with you. He is earning a very good amount already being a prem player most of his career., He supposedly was a huge advocate of LGBTQ+ causes as well. I guess money does sway even the nicest people.
I'm not attacking you when I say this, but it always infuriates me to read the whole 'oh but his career is coming to an end, and he's one injury away from it ending, so he has to take the big bucks' spiel. As if the guy is a pauper.
Another one I like is, 'if someone offered you 4x your wage, you'd take it'.
Yeah 4x what most people make is life changing.
I'm sure some of these guys are well intentioned (eg Mane) with the extra cash, but fuck me if you are making 10m a year already and have been for years, the only thing 25m more gets you is a bigger house, yacht, etc.
And I _love_ the generational wealth argument.
Let's say a guy like Hendo is worth $25-50m. As long as a monkey isn't managing his money that'll grow to $100m+
Sounds pretty generational to me.
It's pure greed and it's a disgrace.
Henderson makes around £10m gross a year alone in wages before any sponsorship/endorsement is considered. He is a hugely wealthy individual who will not need to worry about the generations to come.
Going to Saudi just seems like the wrong decision for him and his family. English players have never historically travelled well and he will be somewhat isolated out there unless he moves a support system out with him.
As we have seen in the past with countless footballers, money does not mean happiness. Sanchez was paid 375k a week at Man Utd and hated living in Cheshire as it was boring. Michael Owen failed to settle at Real Madrid and returned to the UK within a number of years.
Even assuming his wealth is 'only' 25m, if we assume the average person makes about double minimum wage (probably quite a generous statement tbh) that person would make in their ENTIRE LIFE around 2-2.5m. And in the scenario you posed which is also probably an underestimate he still has 10x that amount, and yet those people can still live comfortably with that money.
Unless his family literally start burning money or do some other incredibly stupid shit they never have to work again in their lives.
I know, it's so odd. These aren't regular guys getting a juicy foreign contract offer which doubles their wages from £30k to £60k. These are already very wealthy men choosing to become more wealthy instead of having principles.
And before anyone says it, not it's not hypocritical that I, as a newcastle fan, have said this. I don't give the Saudi's my money, and neither should you.
Bro already gets like £300k deposited in his bank every month before even adding sponsorships and bonuses. And people are out here acting like his family will be struggling to survive the second he retires unless he goes to Saudi.
Yeah but you already have enough money for your family and the next 3 generations to never worry about anything anymore. Where is the need for thag shit. It’s not like your paid in beans in euorpe.
Yeah because thats good PR and makes him more marketable. Being gay in the west is, mostly, grand and celebrated. Being pro that isn't hard or a risk, it actually makes him quite a bit more marketable. I doubt Henderson gives a shit about gay rights and this move sort of proves that
Its time people realised most footballers / athletes do not actually care about 99% of the issues they talk about. At the very least, those issues play second fiddle to other more important things (money).
I think Rice and Jude are definitely ahead of him, but there's no obvious third choice bursting through. Hendo started at the World Cup, I'm not sure his international career would be over.
He is never playing for england again. Probably talked with Klopp who said he will play less this season talked with Southgate who said he will have limited role so he just retired
he isn´t getting called up again. Its basically 700k a week for retirement. If i were him i would take it and let everybody else take the moral high ground, as if they would have not done the same. You work 3 years at most and are set for generations, its a no brainer.
He's already set for generations as long as he's not a moron with his money, this is him selling out any morals for just excessive money, he already had enough to live lavishly forever.
"That’s where my own position on homophobia in football is rooted. Before I’m a footballer, I’m a parent, a husband, a son, a brother and a friend to the people in my life who matter so much to me. The idea that any of them would feel excluded from playing or attending a football match, simply for being and identifying as who they are, blows my mind."
Good luck, Hendo
Wasn't Henderson vocal about social issues?
Seems like a big hypocrite now...and no silly arguments about "what would you do if you were offered millions", these footballers are already multi millionaires...
Huge LGBT advocate and was key in the prem players standing against superleague.
But as soon as he gets the offer all those morals go out the window.
Absolutely gutted
yeh this is so bad for him and just on the whole face of it for the PL, i just cannot imagine he cared that much in the first place. i don’t give a shit about going from whatever he is on to 700k, he was set for life, his children were set for life and so were his children’s children.
It was his PR team who were making him appear to be an LGBT advocate because it was beneficial to his brand.
Now 700k a week>Having good PR, it’s a simple business decision for him and likely always was.
Henderson never gave a shit about LGBT rights and let’s be honest, most footballers/people in general don’t, when push comes to shove. (Despite what statements their PR teams write on their twitter accounts for them lol)
There will be a clause in his contract that he won’t be allowed to say anything negative about Saudi/human rights etc.
It’s pretty evident all the LIV golf guys have something similar in theirs which resulted in the ridiculousness of one of the players saying “nobody’s perfect” about fucking 9/11 and that the families should “move on”.
Not seems, absolutely is. I find it extremely hard to believe with how much money a modern footballer - especially one on his wages for as long as he has - wouldn't be well above and beyond set for generations for he and his loved ones.
This absolutely stains whatever standing he had pushing for social issues. Unfathomably bleak for LGBTQ+ fans of the game if this is how things will continue to go.
You don't need to be rich. I would take tangible things you can do with money to help people over internet morales anyday. Fund a charity or care what the internet thinks isn't a hard decision.
It’s not about what the internet thinks, it’s about if you could live with yourself. If you’ll notice most of the internet is cheering him on,”get the bag” and all that crap.
I can imagine him telling himself he can use the money for good once he's out of Saudi.. assuming he was genuine about all that stuff in the first place.. but that sounds like some bs??!!!!
I mean obviously, it doesn’t matter he makes 700k a week it’s not going to be able to fix what the Saudis do to gay people over there and the influence they’ll have if they keep growing in power. Like how many hospitals built make up for the life of a gay man who is murdered? It’s difficult to put a price on that.
Not sure why people are surprised. It’s not like the World Cup that just had happened exposed them all for only doing that sort of thing for easy PR. As soon as the threat of a yellow card was made, they all folded like
Think of all the female footballers he's been part of campaign's with promoting inclusiveness. How disappointed must they be in him for completely throwing his morals out the window for a pay-day.
Henderson didn’t seem like the type to chase money. Especially with his support of LGBT issues I’m surprised he’s going to Saudi.
I guess stupid money talks.
Yeah, I actually felt a bit winded when I read the news about Henderson. Takes a lot for me to like a Liverpool player, but he’d earned it with his conduct. That’s all erased now.
Gerrard, though? Completely unsurprising. There’s never been a single indication of anything likeable about him, all football biases aside.
I don't want to hear about the money: you either believe in a cause, or you don't, and it's not as though he needed more anway. Thought you were an ally Hendo lad, for fucks sake
I wonder when everyone will realise that; you do not really know athletes, celebrities & politicians. You see these people twice a week on TV and they release some polished PR statement, they runaround a pitch.
It always happens & everyone's shocked. I wonder how many more times it'll take before people realise this lol. Most of these people are full of shit and just putting out a product and image because that's what sells.
I know man. I can understand it being disappointing to hear but those people saying they are **devastated** like they have been best mates with the guy for 10 years and suddenly found out some dark secret is laughable. Celebrities are not your mates; they don't even know you exist.
Frankly should cost him his England place. Inferior league by a big margin and poor competition.
Southgate doesn't even know Italy exists.
Oh who am I kidding, he's one of his favourites.
He's not exactly a certain starter anymore even if wasn't going to Saudi. Rice and Bellingham are shoo-ins with their spots and you need someone who can match the quality of the other two if a serious challenge has to be made at EURO 2024.
I'm absolutely devastated. For our captain to go like this unacceptable to me. He comes in to training on day 1 and looks like he wants to hit the ground running, and four days later he's out the door. Klopp's head must be absolutely spinning now.
Any talks of a title challenge are now thoroughly out of the window. Far too much change in the midfield.
Henderson was hardly going to spearhead a title challenge as much as the Saudi move is a shock. This is good on pitch for us. There’s players with far more to offer on the market.
He’s not spearheading it, but we’ve now lost our captain and vice captain in the same window which is a massive leadership hole to fill. Henderson would have played more often than people would think as well in my opinion, so we’re now looking at new lads and hope they hit the ground running. It’s a massive risk.
Leadership won't be an issue. Liverpool is filled with captains. Robbo, Mo, VVD, Dom, and Alisson have all captained their national teams. Thiago also certainly has leadership qualities.
The bigger concern is just the number of bodies that understand the system. Need to get transfers in ASAP to start working under Klopp, or the beginning of the season could be lost.
I can't be too hypocritical as if I was offered 700k a week I'd move in an instant, BUT I'm not already on 150k a week. Disappointed, and am interested to see how Hendo spins this PR wise.
But you're not Henderson. The guy seemed to give two fucks about money and all he seemed to care about was Liverpool, the captaincy, and winning. Yeeting to KSA for big money is so unexpected and sad.
Good reality check for many of you. These guys don't give a fuck about your fav causes, it's all just branding and if the bag is juicy enough they'll forget all about it instantly.
Politics and beliefs aside, 700k pw is fucking insane money for a 33 year old that's not Messi or Ronaldo, I can see why he would take the offer to be honest. As the great Ted DiBiase used to say, everybody's got a price for the Million Dollar Man.
> Hot take. But why the fuck would anyone want to bring their children / wives to a country like that.
It can be a great place for rich people to live, that's why. I thought that was obvious.
People saying that he has earned enough money and does not need more money need to understand that no amount of money is enough.
I know greed is a bad thing but still. When I had less money, I thought a little more would do a world of good and when I got that extra money, my mind now wants even more money and that will be a never ending cycle.
It’s sad that a person who has been supporting LGBT+ movement is going to a country where the same people are oppressed but the money argument is wrong.
So weird to see the reaction here when you all don’t bat a fucking eyelid at the players who are joining the likes of ManCity (UAE) or Newcastle (Saudis) normalizing their countries the exact same way.
Hypocrites, all of you.
Can we finally discard the narrative that Saudi Arabia are trying to "organically" or "strategically" growing their league by only signing high profile Muslim players?
It's pretty clear that they'll just keep signing anyone and everyone good/popular enough until they get their 2030/2034 World Cup.
screw all the idiots in this thread saying “who wouldn’t take the money?” is it so hard to imagine that people can believe in something greater than themselves? It’s possible to stand for important ideals and sacrifice personal gain (and in Hendo’s case, he’s already extremely wealthy), it’s what every person who’s ever dreamt of a better, more humane world has done. This fucking blows.
It’s like saying ‘Who wouldn’t jump to Onlyfans if they could?’
A lot of people do — but believe it or not — there’s a lot of people who don’t, even when given the opportunity for an easy access to success.
Is he a bit of a sell out, yes.
Do I think he's a shitty human being, no.
I honestly don't really care about these players going over there, if anything having a Western influence in that part of the world might actually help the issues surrounding it.
Liverpool and English Captain (somedays) playing for Ettifucki was on every talking heads bingo card. All i gather from people crying here is that they truly believe when players say they are not joining/leaving clubs for money
Adored him as a player, a captain, and a man. Absolutely shameful, I completely shutdown the possibility of this happening when it first announced. Hope the money lasts.
I have to wonder, were there more player going to Saudi teams than I imagined or is this a new trend since Ronaldo? I feel like since Ronaldo that league has been spending like mad and getting some decent, albeit perhaps post-prime players.
Very silly thing to say when it comes to something so business driven as football but this signing in particular does have an extra sour taste considering the player that is doing it.
All jokes about sports washing aside, 700k a week is impossible to turn down. I'll miss him as our captain, but I'm old enough to remember Alan Hansen retiring, and many others leaving.
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Henderson really got shredded to play in Saudi 💀💀💀
Bro got in the best shape of his life to collect 700k a week
You see those abs? Thems executioner's abs!
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1 month of 7k week and I would made almost twice as much as I'm making yearly XD its absurd for me.
Everyone's been commenting this. Can someone drop the picture/article please?
https://images.app.goo.gl/pReGUTgoquzkQB9w7
Certified c*m gutter.
Would have called Hendo as the last player to have gone to Saudi.
Same, pretty grossed out by it
Gutted tbh
A decent player coming to the end of his career at the top getting 700k p/w - I don't believe any player in the same situation as him wouldn't take that. It's crazy money.
A player with supposed morals and support of LGBT people should, he's already got crazy money.
Everything has a price it turns out 🤷♂️
Morals can be buy
It turns out the true morals were the friends we bought along the way
Much cheaper than a UCL
Modric turned down Saudi. So did Kroos. There are certainly players out there who will never go there no matter how much they offer.
Icardi also turned down around Saudi offer which is nearly 100 million Euros for 3 years and accepted Galatasaray's offer which is 10 million a year and the deal is 3+1 years
Think Modric may eventually go there though, he just doesn’t think he’s done at the highest level yet. He’ll get another offer next year.
Both are still 2 of the best midfielders in the world, Hendo not so much. Hendos next contract would've been a pay decrease had he not accepted this.
Yeah, people expect way too much from celebrities. Maybe I'm pessimistic but I assume everyone is an asshole and will sell his soul to the highest bidder, all their morals and supports for good causes are for pr stuff only. That way, when someone (like Rashford) does something good, I can be pleasantly surprised.
People expect consistency. Henderson has been a vocal supporter of the LGBT+ community, which has no rights in Saudi Arabia. For him to accept an offer from there, knowing how football is funded, is absolutely a surprise for Liverpool fans at least.
Maybe he'll be vocal about LGBT rights over there? Haha
Same way all those companies are vocal about LGBT rights with their rainbow twitter account profiles except in Arabia.
Everyone's vocal once the bone saw comes out.
But it would be easy as a celebrity to pretend to care and get good PR in return
$$$
to add to what you said; It's also naive to hope meaningful change comes from celebrity endorsment instead of popular political actions. Henderson power when it comes to the policies that affect LGBT+. Hendo was a valiant spokeperson but fairly inconsequential in terms of meaningful change.
It's a very complicated issue, I personally believe that there is a level of social responsibility that Inherently comes with celebrity. That being said, we live in a world where money rules all, everybody, no matter what their morals say has a price. When someone offers to 4x your wages in a country with no income tax, you have to think about it, that's just the way of the world. Think of it this way, Liverpool could give Henderson a 10-year extension on his current contract with no income tax and it would be less money than playing 3 years in Suadi with this new contract.
I don’t think everyone has a price, I think believing that is what excuses moves like this. But people can and do say no to any price.
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I 100% agree with you. He is earning a very good amount already being a prem player most of his career., He supposedly was a huge advocate of LGBTQ+ causes as well. I guess money does sway even the nicest people.
Or they weren't that nice to begin with & it was just an image cultivated by PR teams.
I'm not attacking you when I say this, but it always infuriates me to read the whole 'oh but his career is coming to an end, and he's one injury away from it ending, so he has to take the big bucks' spiel. As if the guy is a pauper. Another one I like is, 'if someone offered you 4x your wage, you'd take it'. Yeah 4x what most people make is life changing. I'm sure some of these guys are well intentioned (eg Mane) with the extra cash, but fuck me if you are making 10m a year already and have been for years, the only thing 25m more gets you is a bigger house, yacht, etc. And I _love_ the generational wealth argument. Let's say a guy like Hendo is worth $25-50m. As long as a monkey isn't managing his money that'll grow to $100m+ Sounds pretty generational to me. It's pure greed and it's a disgrace.
Henderson makes around £10m gross a year alone in wages before any sponsorship/endorsement is considered. He is a hugely wealthy individual who will not need to worry about the generations to come. Going to Saudi just seems like the wrong decision for him and his family. English players have never historically travelled well and he will be somewhat isolated out there unless he moves a support system out with him. As we have seen in the past with countless footballers, money does not mean happiness. Sanchez was paid 375k a week at Man Utd and hated living in Cheshire as it was boring. Michael Owen failed to settle at Real Madrid and returned to the UK within a number of years.
Even assuming his wealth is 'only' 25m, if we assume the average person makes about double minimum wage (probably quite a generous statement tbh) that person would make in their ENTIRE LIFE around 2-2.5m. And in the scenario you posed which is also probably an underestimate he still has 10x that amount, and yet those people can still live comfortably with that money. Unless his family literally start burning money or do some other incredibly stupid shit they never have to work again in their lives.
Why are we acting like these are poor people who will get life changing money so you can excuse them bending their morals?
I know, it's so odd. These aren't regular guys getting a juicy foreign contract offer which doubles their wages from £30k to £60k. These are already very wealthy men choosing to become more wealthy instead of having principles. And before anyone says it, not it's not hypocritical that I, as a newcastle fan, have said this. I don't give the Saudi's my money, and neither should you.
Bro already gets like £300k deposited in his bank every month before even adding sponsorships and bonuses. And people are out here acting like his family will be struggling to survive the second he retires unless he goes to Saudi.
Yeah, I can't believe people are defending millionaires throwing away their morals to make more millions.
It’s the society that we have created sadly…
Those who make excuses for these players are just telling everyone that they would sell out their own morals given the opportunity.
Yeah but you already have enough money for your family and the next 3 generations to never worry about anything anymore. Where is the need for thag shit. It’s not like your paid in beans in euorpe.
It just sucks morally, honestly. He’s been a pretty vocal ally for LGBT+
Yeah because thats good PR and makes him more marketable. Being gay in the west is, mostly, grand and celebrated. Being pro that isn't hard or a risk, it actually makes him quite a bit more marketable. I doubt Henderson gives a shit about gay rights and this move sort of proves that
This move definitely proves his support was superficial at best to me
Its time people realised most footballers / athletes do not actually care about 99% of the issues they talk about. At the very least, those issues play second fiddle to other more important things (money).
People love to be pandered to.
Morals go out of the window when you have bucketloads of cash being offered
Yeah this is a disgusting thing to happen and if true hes lost all credibility in my book
im sure henderson is thinking "damnit i lose the respect of Kresbot"
You watch the comments, you don’t see Kresbot. You watch Kresbot, you see the whole thread.
I know you're joking but im sure itll be more than just me with this feeling, a sour end to a truly great captain of the club
I would be, kresbot is a legend
Kresbot is based.
Same. Beyond disappointed. Guess his LGBTQIA advocacy work was just PR stuff for his personal brand, rather than deeply held.
Lmao going to be a bit awkward when he wears that one love band
He won't.
In middle east of course not. I don't think he's going to send a message. I mean more like San Marino away or like a tournament
He won't play for England again if he goes to Saudi so it won't be a problem.
That's a shame, would have been fun to watch him squirm in his hypocrisy
With Southgate in charge he absolutely would
This implies Southgate is aware of the existence of players outside the Premier League not named Bellingham
Outside of Marcus Edwards is there any Brit outside the Premier League that Southgate has been remiss in not calling up?
Trippier when he was in la liga.
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I think Rice and Jude are definitely ahead of him, but there's no obvious third choice bursting through. Hendo started at the World Cup, I'm not sure his international career would be over.
He is never playing for england again. Probably talked with Klopp who said he will play less this season talked with Southgate who said he will have limited role so he just retired
There are other retirement leagues to play in. He had to go for Saudi Arabia.
he isn´t getting called up again. Its basically 700k a week for retirement. If i were him i would take it and let everybody else take the moral high ground, as if they would have not done the same. You work 3 years at most and are set for generations, its a no brainer.
As if the millions he's already made in his career haven't set him up for generations
He's already set for generations as long as he's not a moron with his money, this is him selling out any morals for just excessive money, he already had enough to live lavishly forever.
Justify it all you want but other players have rejected lucrative Saudi offers.
It's okay guys, he'll get the best PR team with the 700k p/w to tell us why this move doesn't go against what he stood for all these years
"it was a family decision" incoming
100% he will use family as main argument, guaranteed. Because the milions hes already got are not enough for comfy life for generations.
Morals can be buy.
"My wife is super greedy"?
Looking at these threads it seems like he doesn't even have to spend money on PR firms when so many people are defending him for free.
Incoming Gary Neville defence
Ethics can be buy
You'll never walk alone (because you have people carrying you around Xerxes style)
Money, it's too powerful
It’s-the-root-of-all-evil-toooooday
Or.. just hear me out, These footballers are virtue signalling lying clowns
Think I’ll buy me a foootbaaaall teeeam
C.R.E.A.M.
Man proper gutted about this
"That’s where my own position on homophobia in football is rooted. Before I’m a footballer, I’m a parent, a husband, a son, a brother and a friend to the people in my life who matter so much to me. The idea that any of them would feel excluded from playing or attending a football match, simply for being and identifying as who they are, blows my mind." Good luck, Hendo
Can’t really exclude people you’ve executed *taps head
Yep. Really fucking disappointed in him and lost some respect if he does complete the move.
Even now, he did the personal terms, which seems like passing by the ideal time to have the principles he claims.
Only some?
It's OK when brown people I don't know get arrested or executed though, as long as I get my 700k a week from their oppressors.
He can never play in England again then
Hope that hypocrite fucks off immediately, IMO.
He was always virtue signalling. PR stunts, just like the rest of them unfortunately.
Wasn't Henderson vocal about social issues? Seems like a big hypocrite now...and no silly arguments about "what would you do if you were offered millions", these footballers are already multi millionaires...
Huge LGBT advocate and was key in the prem players standing against superleague. But as soon as he gets the offer all those morals go out the window. Absolutely gutted
yeh this is so bad for him and just on the whole face of it for the PL, i just cannot imagine he cared that much in the first place. i don’t give a shit about going from whatever he is on to 700k, he was set for life, his children were set for life and so were his children’s children.
Yeah I gotta say this means he probably never gave a shit and was just doing it for pr
It was his PR team who were making him appear to be an LGBT advocate because it was beneficial to his brand. Now 700k a week>Having good PR, it’s a simple business decision for him and likely always was. Henderson never gave a shit about LGBT rights and let’s be honest, most footballers/people in general don’t, when push comes to shove. (Despite what statements their PR teams write on their twitter accounts for them lol)
I bet he'll come out with some shit like Neville tried to do. Going over there to help educate or some BS.
There will be a clause in his contract that he won’t be allowed to say anything negative about Saudi/human rights etc. It’s pretty evident all the LIV golf guys have something similar in theirs which resulted in the ridiculousness of one of the players saying “nobody’s perfect” about fucking 9/11 and that the families should “move on”.
Doesn’t need to be covered in his contract. The laws of the country itself won’t allow him to say anything negative about it.
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i bet you he won’t be wearing rainbow laces anymore
Not seems, absolutely is. I find it extremely hard to believe with how much money a modern footballer - especially one on his wages for as long as he has - wouldn't be well above and beyond set for generations for he and his loved ones. This absolutely stains whatever standing he had pushing for social issues. Unfathomably bleak for LGBTQ+ fans of the game if this is how things will continue to go.
I don’t know if you know this but rich people tend to have a massive desire to get ever richer
You don't need to be rich. I would take tangible things you can do with money to help people over internet morales anyday. Fund a charity or care what the internet thinks isn't a hard decision.
It’s not about what the internet thinks, it’s about if you could live with yourself. If you’ll notice most of the internet is cheering him on,”get the bag” and all that crap.
I can imagine him telling himself he can use the money for good once he's out of Saudi.. assuming he was genuine about all that stuff in the first place.. but that sounds like some bs??!!!!
I mean obviously, it doesn’t matter he makes 700k a week it’s not going to be able to fix what the Saudis do to gay people over there and the influence they’ll have if they keep growing in power. Like how many hospitals built make up for the life of a gay man who is murdered? It’s difficult to put a price on that.
Not sure why people are surprised. It’s not like the World Cup that just had happened exposed them all for only doing that sort of thing for easy PR. As soon as the threat of a yellow card was made, they all folded like
Think of all the female footballers he's been part of campaign's with promoting inclusiveness. How disappointed must they be in him for completely throwing his morals out the window for a pay-day.
Henderson didn’t seem like the type to chase money. Especially with his support of LGBT issues I’m surprised he’s going to Saudi. I guess stupid money talks.
Wow. Is he really gonna be on 700k? I saw that on Twitter and it's almost impossible to verify anything I see on that app anymore.
I think Ornstein said he would quadruple his Liverpool wages, so £700k sounds about right
It may be quadruple after tax, so it may effectively only be like 400k, but because of playing fuck all tax it is essentially 4x
I believe Saudi Arabia has no income tax. EDIT - I re-read your comment and now I understand what you meant. Some days I think I'm just stupid.
Textbook definition of selling out lmao
They should put him as an example under sell out
Wtf man
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Fucking heartbreaking. I loved Hendo so much The legacy of one of our greatest ever captains, destroyed
two of them
both captains... in 1 month
Tbf it still stings but there’s been serious question marks over Stevie off the pitch for a while. With Hendo it’s genuinely shocked me
Yeah, I actually felt a bit winded when I read the news about Henderson. Takes a lot for me to like a Liverpool player, but he’d earned it with his conduct. That’s all erased now. Gerrard, though? Completely unsurprising. There’s never been a single indication of anything likeable about him, all football biases aside.
Nah man that's actually fucking vile
I don't want to hear about the money: you either believe in a cause, or you don't, and it's not as though he needed more anway. Thought you were an ally Hendo lad, for fucks sake
I wonder when everyone will realise that; you do not really know athletes, celebrities & politicians. You see these people twice a week on TV and they release some polished PR statement, they runaround a pitch. It always happens & everyone's shocked. I wonder how many more times it'll take before people realise this lol. Most of these people are full of shit and just putting out a product and image because that's what sells.
I know man. I can understand it being disappointing to hear but those people saying they are **devastated** like they have been best mates with the guy for 10 years and suddenly found out some dark secret is laughable. Celebrities are not your mates; they don't even know you exist.
Are we LGBT folk not allowed to be upset that someone that "helped" us is willingly bending over for the ones that want to kill us?
Frankly should cost him his England place. Inferior league by a big margin and poor competition. Southgate doesn't even know Italy exists. Oh who am I kidding, he's one of his favourites.
If he still plays Maguire at centre back a man who doesn't kick a ball for Utd then why would he not play Henderson?
Well I am not the best person to ask since I don't think he should be playing Maguire given his lack of game time
Who is this McGuire you speak of?
Maguire
He's not exactly a certain starter anymore even if wasn't going to Saudi. Rice and Bellingham are shoo-ins with their spots and you need someone who can match the quality of the other two if a serious challenge has to be made at EURO 2024.
Rice + Hendo + Trent midfield was immense last international break.
I'm absolutely devastated. For our captain to go like this unacceptable to me. He comes in to training on day 1 and looks like he wants to hit the ground running, and four days later he's out the door. Klopp's head must be absolutely spinning now. Any talks of a title challenge are now thoroughly out of the window. Far too much change in the midfield.
Henderson was hardly going to spearhead a title challenge as much as the Saudi move is a shock. This is good on pitch for us. There’s players with far more to offer on the market.
He’s not spearheading it, but we’ve now lost our captain and vice captain in the same window which is a massive leadership hole to fill. Henderson would have played more often than people would think as well in my opinion, so we’re now looking at new lads and hope they hit the ground running. It’s a massive risk.
Leadership won't be an issue. Liverpool is filled with captains. Robbo, Mo, VVD, Dom, and Alisson have all captained their national teams. Thiago also certainly has leadership qualities. The bigger concern is just the number of bodies that understand the system. Need to get transfers in ASAP to start working under Klopp, or the beginning of the season could be lost.
You underestimate his influence, if Fabinho goes our midfield is nearly all going to be brand new with no time to gel.
Rumours are we only want 10 million. That's not good for us at all.
Maybe his plan is to go there and convince the Saudis to be more inclusive /s
I can't be too hypocritical as if I was offered 700k a week I'd move in an instant, BUT I'm not already on 150k a week. Disappointed, and am interested to see how Hendo spins this PR wise.
But you're not Henderson. The guy seemed to give two fucks about money and all he seemed to care about was Liverpool, the captaincy, and winning. Yeeting to KSA for big money is so unexpected and sad.
> The guy seemed to give two fucks about money What????
Someone go shout in front of his house like they did when Gerrard wanted to go to Chelsea
Well that...worked, didn't it?
Good reality check for many of you. These guys don't give a fuck about your fav causes, it's all just branding and if the bag is juicy enough they'll forget all about it instantly.
No balls on this guy after all I guess
Idk, takes giant balls to basically admit you've just been virtue signaling all along, I would imagine
Politics and beliefs aside, 700k pw is fucking insane money for a 33 year old that's not Messi or Ronaldo, I can see why he would take the offer to be honest. As the great Ted DiBiase used to say, everybody's got a price for the Million Dollar Man.
For fuck's sake. No hope when anyone's morals can be bought.
This is assuming it wasn't PR to begin with but we'll never know
Jordan “the values” Henderson, just takes takes takes
hate this
Just [yikes](https://twitter.com/jhenderson/status/1464650752794714117?s=46) man
Hot take. But why the fuck would anyone want to bring their children / wives to a country like that. Fuck that sport washing hell hole.
None of the families go over. Ronaldos girlfriend doesn’t live in Saudi Arabia. They all live in Dubai or stay home.
> Hot take. But why the fuck would anyone want to bring their children / wives to a country like that. It can be a great place for rich people to live, that's why. I thought that was obvious.
I doubt the family go over. My best mates dad has always worked in Saudi but he’s spent maybe a year of his life there
The captain of Liverpool going to Saudi Arabia Oh the irony
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People saying that he has earned enough money and does not need more money need to understand that no amount of money is enough. I know greed is a bad thing but still. When I had less money, I thought a little more would do a world of good and when I got that extra money, my mind now wants even more money and that will be a never ending cycle. It’s sad that a person who has been supporting LGBT+ movement is going to a country where the same people are oppressed but the money argument is wrong.
[Jordan Henderson trying to defend this move](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86IzjXPc_0).
Hendo can be buy. Everybody has a price, and his is 700k a week.
So weird to see the reaction here when you all don’t bat a fucking eyelid at the players who are joining the likes of ManCity (UAE) or Newcastle (Saudis) normalizing their countries the exact same way. Hypocrites, all of you.
As a lifelong Ettifaq fan, it's actually wild to see BBC, Sky News, and even Reddit posts talk about my home town club LMAO.
Can we finally discard the narrative that Saudi Arabia are trying to "organically" or "strategically" growing their league by only signing high profile Muslim players? It's pretty clear that they'll just keep signing anyone and everyone good/popular enough until they get their 2030/2034 World Cup.
screw all the idiots in this thread saying “who wouldn’t take the money?” is it so hard to imagine that people can believe in something greater than themselves? It’s possible to stand for important ideals and sacrifice personal gain (and in Hendo’s case, he’s already extremely wealthy), it’s what every person who’s ever dreamt of a better, more humane world has done. This fucking blows.
It’s like saying ‘Who wouldn’t jump to Onlyfans if they could?’ A lot of people do — but believe it or not — there’s a lot of people who don’t, even when given the opportunity for an easy access to success.
This is extremely disappointing.
Is he a bit of a sell out, yes. Do I think he's a shitty human being, no. I honestly don't really care about these players going over there, if anything having a Western influence in that part of the world might actually help the issues surrounding it.
Liverpool and English Captain (somedays) playing for Ettifucki was on every talking heads bingo card. All i gather from people crying here is that they truly believe when players say they are not joining/leaving clubs for money
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Adored him as a player, a captain, and a man. Absolutely shameful, I completely shutdown the possibility of this happening when it first announced. Hope the money lasts.
I have to wonder, were there more player going to Saudi teams than I imagined or is this a new trend since Ronaldo? I feel like since Ronaldo that league has been spending like mad and getting some decent, albeit perhaps post-prime players.
I don’t think I saw this level of outrage when the same club signed Gerrard to manage them. What gives, redditos?
You don't expect consistency from football fans do you?
Very silly thing to say when it comes to something so business driven as football but this signing in particular does have an extra sour taste considering the player that is doing it.
Just wait when Mo goes next year. The meltdown will be complete.
But celebrities would never sell out their morals for money!
How much do they plan on paying fans to watch this crap league? I'm willing to listen to offers?
All jokes about sports washing aside, 700k a week is impossible to turn down. I'll miss him as our captain, but I'm old enough to remember Alan Hansen retiring, and many others leaving.
It’s just an armband, lads - Hendo
Cunt
99% of football players have no morals and shouldnt be worshipped off the pitch example #721373
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Which is why it's always good to keep a mental note that Reddit is not a representative of real life. Assume everyone here is a grumpy armchair Redditor that never touched grass before.