'That's Hendo's problem' - Jurgen Klopp explains why it's 'better' Jordan Henderson left Liverpool after honest talks
Jurgen Klopp has admitted that it was the right time for captain Jordan Henderson to leave Liverpool following private talks about the midfielder’s future this summer.
Henderson completed a controversial £12m switch to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq in July and set tongues wagging during the international break when, in an interview with The Athletic, he suggested that Reds boss Klopp had not made him feel wanted at Anfield.
Sharing his version of events, the German revealed that Henderson had said the truth when explaining what the pair had spoken about when discussing the 33-year-old’s Anfield future.
Having been asked about Henderson’s interview, here is Klopp’s answer in full…
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“I didn’t read the interview, I only heard at first then I read it, because Tony (Barrett - Liverpool press officer) spoke about it,” the Klopp told reporters. “I thought maybe I should make my own opinion.
“Hendo said the truth, in all departments, that's how it was. We had our talks and I told Hendo I wanted him to stay but we had to talk in these conversations as well about the possibility of not playing regularly. I told him we bring in players and stuff like this.
“You don't have these talks and say, 'Hendo, you will play'. I cannot have a talk before a season and tell a player they will have 50 games this season, 100 per cent, because I don't know that. It all depends on performance.
“And if Hendo would have performed, he would have had maybe 50 games, absolutely fine, absolutely possible. But in the specific situation with the relationship we had, I thought it was important
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