Jurgen Klopp insists there is no "bad blood" with Jordan Henderson
Henderson left 12 years of Merseyside memories behind to join the Al Ettifaq revolution under Steven Gerrard, although his move inevitably attracted swathes of criticism.
Having been a devoted supporter of the LGBTQ+ Community during his time with Liverpool, Henderson was lambasted for moving to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death.
The 33-year-old recently spoke at length to The Athletic about his decision, claiming that he left for playing reasons rather than money and denied that he was earning £700,000 a week in the Middle East.
Henderson also admitted that he no longer felt «wanted» at Liverpool, who brought in four new midfielders during the summer window in the shape of Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch.
As a result, Klopp could not promise Henderson the game time he was after to continue at Liverpool, but the Reds boss has affirmed that the England international would have continued at Anfield if he was guaranteed to be the «main man» in midfield.
However, such a scenario was not possible, and Klopp believes that an exit was the best solution for both parties, telling a press conference on Friday: «Hendo said the truth, that's how it was.
»We had our talks, I told Hendo I want him to stay, but we had to talk about the possibility of not playing regularly. I cannot have a talk before the season and tell a player he will play 50 games, it all depends on performance.
«If Hendo performed he would have maybe had 50 games absolutely fine, but in this specific situation with the relationship we
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