Chris Sutton insisted that former Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson's move to Saudi Arabia was motivated by money.
"The only person who's burying the head somewhere is Jordan Henderson and that's somewhere which you know he shouldn't be burying his head at the minute," he added.after the departure of several key players like Fabinho, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner and Henderson himself.
Sutton questioned whether Henderson was prepared enough to face the challenges posed by Liverpool's new summer signings and hence sought to escape Anfield to ensure regular game time. "When Jordan explained that he left Liverpool, not for the money he says, but because he didn't think he was going to be in Jurgen Klopp's plans. Jordan Henderson has never struck me as a type of footballer who would not want to hang around and fight for his place," he said.
"It surprised me a little bit, the type of character I think we've all perceived Jordan to be over the years as a real fighter. But the stuff he talked about, the conversation with Jorg and Klopp and not feeling valued, I don't get that. "He was still under contract at Liverpool and maybe he just couldn't stomach the fight for his place up against, you know, the likes of McAllister and Szoboszlai going in."It remains to be seen if Gareth Southgate uses Henderson in the two upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Ukraine and Scotland on September 9 and 12 respectively.
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