Jordan Henderson hopes former supervisor Jurgen Klopp can get pleasure from a “fairytale” ending at Liverpool.
The German introduced his plan to depart the Reds on the finish of the season in the beginning of 2024, bringing to an finish a profitable nine-year stint.
Henderson, who left Anfield in the summertime for a controversial transfer to Saudi Arabia, was an enormous a part of Klopp’s success at Anfield, successful eight trophies, together with the Champions League and Premier League.
Klopp’s farewell tour has already seen Liverpool win silverware as they lifted the Carabao Cup final month and they’re nonetheless gunning for the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup.
And 33-year-old Henderson, who was talking forward of Ajax’s Europa Convention League sport with Ajax in Amsterdam on Thursday, desires Klopp to benefit from the good ship off.
“Jurgen has had a tremendous time at Liverpool, every thing we achieved was due to him,” he stated.
“He achieved every thing when he got here in and I simply hope the top of the story is a fairytale for him and the boys as a result of all of them deserve it.
“All of them work so laborious, final season was so robust on many alternative features on and off the sphere so for this season to be going in addition to it has, I’m so pleased with them.
“I used to be a captain for a very long time there. The entire group nonetheless really feel like my brothers actually.
“To observe them achieve this properly, I’m so pleased with how they’re doing and I actually wish to see them finish the season the best way they’ve been enjoying the entire yr.
“Let’s hope they’ll finish the season on a excessive and win as many trophies as doable.”
Henderson had his personal emotional exit from Anfield in the summertime, leaving after 12 seasons for a extremely criticised transfer to Saudi Arabia.
His keep within the Center East was short-lived as he returned to Europe with a transfer to Ajax within the January switch window.
However the midfielder, who would definitely have been given game-time owing to Liverpool’s damage disaster, has no regrets.
“Trying again I feel it was the suitable time for me as a participant but in addition for them as a group and for them as a membership, as a lot as that harm on the time,” he stated.
“I used to be very emotional. Trying again at that time period now, it’s simple to see that it was the suitable determination made by the supervisor and the membership.
“It was the perfect determination to freshen issues up.”
Henderson’s transfer to Ajax may maintain his hopes of constructing England’s Euro 2024 squad in tact.
Boss Gareth Southgate watched Henderson’s debut and stays in common contact however has not given any assurances he can be within the squad for this month’s friendlies with Brazil and Belgium or past.
“It was very nice for Gareth to return over and watch the sport, it was my debut towards a very good facet,” Henderson stated.
“It was good for him to return and watch to see that he’s maintaining a tally of me.
“I positively really feel I can provide one thing to the nationwide group, however I’ve received to be enjoying and doing my job right here, that’s my primary focus.
“However after all I really feel I may help the squad and the group going ahead within the subsequent camp and hopefully in the summertime.
“However I’ve simply received to proceed to play properly right here and keep match and hopefully I’ll get the chance to do this as a result of enjoying for my nation is a big factor and all the time has been.”
