Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says that it will be “strange” not having Jordan Henderson at the club.The 33-year-old has been captain at Liverpool since Steven Gerrard left in 2015 but now leaves the club following a move to Saudi Arabia.Thank you and goodbye: Liverpool’s captain confirms he’s going to Saudi Arabia”I know it was a really, really tough decision for Hendo [Henderson] and I was around or with him all the way,” Klopp told the club website.”It’s sad, absolutely strange, because he is the only captain I had here at Liverpool, but I think it is exciting for him as well.”We will miss him, without a shadow of a doubt, that’s clear – as a man and as a player. But, as I said, that’s football.””You are a legend”Jurgen Klopp pays tribute to his former captain Jordan Henderson 👏 pic.twitter.com/j56Map7bEU— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 27, 2023 Henderson played 492 times for the Reds, scoring 33 goals and registering 57 assists.Talking about the qualities of the England international, Klopp added: “He is technically really, really good. Which sometimes players, because of the role they see themselves [in] on the pitch, this fighter and stuff like this, don’t always show.##NAJAVA_MECA_7390550##”You cannot have this amount of Premier League games, you cannot be captain of Liverpool, you cannot play in the most important games in the world if you are technically not on a super-high level – and he is.”Top-class professional, top bloke and a really, really, really good player. That’s what you need to be if you want to play that long for Liverpool,” concluded Klopp.
