Jordan Henderson to Chelsea transfer truth revealed as obvious £12m loan call needs to be made
As far as the first week of the transfer window goes, it hasn't been dull. Chelsea have got a win under their belts, been dealt an injury blow with Christopher Nkunku, seen links come and go with Kylian Mbappe and now the most silly season rumour, possibly of all time, has emerged.
The Blues are, admittedly, in strange place when it comes to midfielders. Enzo Fernandez has been out with an injury, Lesley Ugochukwu and Romeo Lavia currently are, while Conor Gallagher is the best performing player in that position and cost over £100million less than his two teammates.
However, none of this quite excuses the week two rumour of Jordan Henderson returning not just to England but actually coming to Chelsea. It is said that the former Liverpool man is really pushing to end his time in Saudi Arabia early after just six months. Chelsea, meanwhile, are said to be one of the clubs being offered his service.
football.london says: Oh Jordan, did it not work out for you so well in the Middle East? Who could possible have seen this coming, apart from, well, everyone?
19 games into project 'make Al-Ettifaq a passable football team' hasn't quite gone to plan. Despite captaining the side and getting four assists in an opening run of five wins from eight games with just one defeat, it turns out that the 33-year-old can't transform football culture. Wow.
There's no surprise that he wants a move, and reports say he really is pushing for it with Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Liverpool and every other top side said to have been offered his services, because in just six months he is meant to be playing at Euro 2024. 12 months ago it wouldn't have sounded bad to say that Henderson anchored a team with Georginio Wijnaldum and Moussa Dembele against
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