There is a sure profile of footballer that many Saudi Pro League golf equipment have been concentrating on this summer season as they appear to purchase some enormous names. Big identify stars on the fallacious facet of 30 who nonetheless have quite a bit to provide and could possibly be tempted to play in a neater league for lots extra money.
That is what has occurred with gamers like Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and N’Golo Kante. It might quickly be what occurs to Jordan Henderson, which might arguably be the most important coup of all of them in the sense that he is the captain of one of many largest golf equipment in the world, and he is not out of contract and hasn’t been linked with a transfer away up till this level.
The man behind the rumours is doubtless Steven Gerrard, who is the brand new coach of Al Ettifaq, the workforce that desires to stuff Henderson’s mouth with gold to put his Premier League profession behind him.
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The phrase ‘life-changing’ has been thrown round quite a bit this summer season as a manner of rationalising why gamers are deciding to transfer to Saudi Arabia.
Whilst the cash on provide is life-changing, it takes extraordinarily wealthy people to a fair increased stage of richness. The phrase ‘life-changing’ has to be contextualised. That apart, Al Ettifaq are keen to give Henderson 4 occasions extra money than he presently earns at Liverpool.
At the second, Henderson will get paid round £190,000 per week to be the captain of Liverpool, a membership that he has been enjoying for since becoming a member of from Sunderland in 2011. If he makes the transfer to Saudi Arabia, he is set to be paid £700,000 per week…or £100,000 per day.
90min understands that Henderson hasn’t dominated out buying and selling Merseyside for the center east and Liverpool won’t stand in his manner if that is to be his determination.
Many followers have been very fast to criticise the midfielder for even entertaining the transfer. This is as a result of Henderson strongly aligned himself with the Rainbow Laces marketing campaign in 2021 and was quoted in a matchday programme saying: “I do believe when you see something that is clearly wrong and makes another human being feel excluded you should stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them.
“You even have a accountability to educate your self higher across the challenges they expertise. That’s the place my very own place on homophobia in soccer is rooted. Before I’m a footballer, I’m a mother or father, a husband, a son, a brother and a buddy to the folks in my life who matter a lot to me. The concept that any of them would really feel excluded from enjoying or attending a soccer match, merely for being and figuring out as who they’re, blows my thoughts.
“The idea they’d have to hide from it to be accepted? But that’s exactly how too many members of the LGBT+ community feel. We know this because they tell us. So we should listen, support them and work to make it better.”
Homosexuality stays unlawful in Saudi Arabia and plenty of are disillusioned that, having proven such assist on a number of events to the LGBTQ+ group, Henderson would willingly personally revenue to such an infinite extent from a Saudi Arabian membership.
LGBTQ+ fan group Kop Outs tweeted a press release in response to the information that Henderson could play in Saudi Arabia, which mentioned: “Kop Outs have valued the allyship proven by Jordan Henderson.
“We are appalled and anxious that anybody would possibly contemplate working for a #sportswashing operation for a regime the place girls & LGBT+ persons are oppressed & that repeatedly tops the world demise sentence desk?
“We hope that Jordan Henderson proves to be a man of his word and stays true to the values of our club, which so far he has been an absolute embodiment of.”
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