{"id":289018,"date":"2023-09-07T21:34:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=289018"},"modified":"2023-09-07T21:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:34:08","slug":"henderson-went-off-to-saudi-arabia-for-the-money-says-sutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/henderson-went-off-to-saudi-arabia-for-the-money-says-sutton\/","title":{"rendered":"Henderson &apos;went off to Saudi Arabia for the money&apos;  says Sutton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jordan Henderson DID move to Saudi Arabia &#8216;for the money&#8217; insists Chris Sutton&#8230; who questions if he could &#8216;stomach the fight for his place&#8217; against Liverpool&#8217;s new signings on preview show &#8216;It&#8217;s All Coming Up&#8217;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WATCH: Mail Sport&#8217;s preview show &#8216;It&#8217;s All Coming Up&#8217; ahead of the big games<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Sutton has questioned Jordan Henderson&#8217;s claims in his interview<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Sutton insists Jordan Henderson should have said his move to Saudi Arabia was money-motivated following a public backlash to his controversial interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former Liverpool skipper broke his silence on his move to join Steven Gerrard at Al-Ettifaq, insisting that he had gone to &#8216;grow the game&#8217; in Saudi Arabia and because his &#8216;value had shifted&#8217; at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson denied reports that he was earning as much as \u00a3700,000-per-week and that his intention &#8216;was never to hurt anyone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The England international has been a vocal supporter for LGBTQ+ rights and his move to a country where homosexuality is criminalised has been condemned by gay-rights groups.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton on Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Coming Up&#8217; &#8211; little brother of the weekly podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217; &#8211; said Henderson will be &#8216;burying his head in the sand&#8217; following the interview and questioned whether he could &#8216;stomach the fight&#8217; against Liverpool&#8217;s new summer signings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/13\/75164997-12491889-image-a-1_1694090614060.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton (right) told Mail Sport&#8217;s Ian Ladyman (left) that Jordan Henderson did move to Saudi Arabia for the money despite the midfielder rejecting the claims in an interview<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/13\/75166459-12491889-image-m-2_1694090947178.jpg\" height=\"495\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Henderson&#8217;s interview with The Athletic to explain his move has received public backlash<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/13\/75166463-12491889-image-m-4_1694090978242.jpg\" height=\"563\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sutton said Henderson (left) will have his head &#8216;buried in the sand&#8217; over his interview<\/p>\n<p>He told Mail Sport&#8217;s Ian Ladyman: &#8216;So, you know he went off to Saudi for the money, didn&#8217;t he? That&#8217;s essentially it.\u00a0I don&#8217;t know why he just doesn&#8217;t stick to that and just say that. And then I think everybody would understand it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You know, a couple of years ago had Jordan Henderson being questioned about the possibility of going to Saudi Arabia when the league was up and running, we know that he wouldn&#8217;t have had any interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The only interest going to Saudi Arabia is for people to earn huge amounts of money. And do you know what? That&#8217;s OK. But just say it, you know, don&#8217;t get involved in arguments about culture, you know, and other people are burying their heads in the sand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The only person who&#8217;s burying the head somewhere is Jordan Henderson and that&#8217;s somewhere which you know he shouldn&#8217;t be burying his head at the minute.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s Ladyman meanwhile said that Henderson has a &#8216;dug a hole&#8217; for himself due to his previous support of the LGBTQ+ community and revealed his surprise that he didn&#8217;t fight for his place at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I suppose Chris, the hole that Jordan has dug for himself relates to his previous support of the LGBTQ+ community and how this sits with him going to play in a country like Saudi Arabia. That is the problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That is why he&#8217;s talking. I think that is the situation he&#8217;s trying to explain. And I think we can both agree he&#8217;s not made a terribly good job of it. Now, one of the things that did fascinate me about the interview was more of a football nugget.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When Jordan explained that he left Liverpool, not for the money he says, but because he didn&#8217;t think he was going to be in Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s plans. Jordan Henderson has never struck me as a type of footballer who would not want to hang around and fight for his place.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/13\/75166559-12491889-image-a-11_1694091100601.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/13\/75166515-12491889-image-m-10_1694091097318.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Sutton questioned whether Henderson could &#8216;stomach the fight for his position&#8217; at Liverpool against new signings including Alexis Mac Allister (left) and Dominik Szoboszlai (right)<\/p>\n<p>Sutton in response questioned whether Henderson was up to fight for his Liverpool place against the likes of new signings, including Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;It surprised me a little bit, the type of character I think we&#8217;ve all perceived Jordan to be over the years as a real fighter. But the stuff he talked about, the conversation with Jorg (Schmadtke &#8211; Liverpool&#8217;s sporting director) and (Jurgen) Klopp and not feeling valued, I don&#8217;t get that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was still under contract at Liverpool and maybe he just couldn&#8217;t stomach the fight for his place up against, you know, the likes of McAllister and Szoboszlai going in.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;It&#8217;s All Coming Up&#8217; is the punchy, short and sharp little brother of Mail Sport&#8217;s new weekly podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;, featuring Chief Football Writer Ian Ladyman and star columnist Chris Sutton on a heated pre-weekend Zoom chat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12491889\/Jordan-Henderson-DID-Saudi-Arabia-money-insists-Chris-Sutton-questions-stomach-fight-place-against-Liverpools-new-signings-preview-Coming-Up.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Henderson DID move to Saudi Arabia &#8216;for the money&#8217; 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