Jordan Henderson | New Athletic Interview: I strongly believe that me playing in Saudi Arabia is a positive thing
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Bullshit, I certainly have.
Nah. You justified it sicko
I'd stick to quoting Socrates.
Touché
Love you anyway. Have a good 2024.
He'll go to Newcastle won't he? Two bellend moves in one stroke.
You've joking, right?
He signed up for 2 years and he fully intended to stay for 2 years and make an absolute ton of money. Now he's realised that there's more to life than money and that he'd rather play against proper teams, in front of proper crowds and he can still wear a short sleeved jersey in the middle of Winter if he wants.
Going to Ajax is such a FM style random transfer.
This will be the final vilification of Ajax on the caf surely? They gave you Antony and Ten Hag and now Henderson will play for them.
Why? He's made the money in Saudi, it's all his?
about time they had a taste of their own medicine.
Conveniently leaving out Martinez.
And Malacia…
Malacia wasn't signed from Ajax
Malacia wasn't signed from Ajax
Nope, but his club gave us the magnificent Malacia.
I warned you he wasn't good enough. Should've signed me as transfer consultant. We grew RVP though. Surely that helps.
Only tax exempt if he stays there for two years. He's due a £7M tax bill if he leaves now.
Fair enough.
On a serious note, signing players from the Dutch league is always a big risk. Especially for a club near the top of the premier league. The level difference makes it basically a different sport.
Yeah. They tend to cost a bit less than from Spain, France and Germany so there is the odd bargain signing to be made but quite often they turn our not good enough for the prem.
Someone had to do it.I didn't want to be a cnut about it
also sorry
But I agree in principle. The level really is extremely different. Especially if you arrive at a club with structural issues, it's hard to adapt.
Agreed. The level of quality is on par with the Bundesliga but the risk isn't as high as (up until the Antony transfer) you're less likely to get rinsed 80m for duds.
He was fine for his age and transfer fee, and squad status. It's the injury that made it frustrating as we couldnt depend on him and he couldn't grow as a player
I honestly think he's just not good enough and never will be. He excelled in the Dutch league on tenacity, that's not enough at thr highest level.
I hope Im wrong mind you, he's a fantastic kid.
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Our league is not at all on par with the Bundesliga
The quality of players most PL clubs (bar City) have signed from the Bundesliga would suggest otherwise.Our league is not at all on par with the Bundesliga
Yeah I guess with that injury on top it may be even more bleak. As a back up I liked him though, he was better for us than Telles for example so it's not exactly a high bar.
That's fair enough, but there's also been plenty of stars like Haaland, Lewandowski, DeBruybe etc. But in our league everything under the top 4 is rubbish. The difference in budget between our midtable and the Bundeliga's is enormous.
Daily Mail reporting if he doesn't complete his contract they'll chop his foot off.
Only took 6 months of blood money?
A hero. Well done lad
A hero. Well done lad
£2m per month
£400k per month.
Yeah it makes a huge difference. If the first is tax free and second U.K. tax within years huge lifestyle difference.
Maybe I'm wrong but what day to day difference to a lifestyle do you think a footballer would have with 20 million per year against 5 million per year for example?
First he’s been invited to the embassy to discuss what went wrong
Makes that interview look even more daft. Doubt it was worth ruining his reputation over the absolute plum.