{"id":6823,"date":"2023-07-28T05:23:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6823"},"modified":"2023-07-28T05:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:23:12","slug":"liverpool-captain-jordan-henderson-has-joined-saudi-arabian-club-al-ettifaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6823","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">The England midfielder, 33, has moved in a deal worth \u00a312m plus add-ons.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.1\">\n<div id=\"bbccom_mpu_1_2_3\" class=\"bbccom_slot bbccom_standard_slot mpu_first_slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.1.$body-0\">\n<div class=\"bbccom_advert\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.1.$body-0.0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><a class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/66319609\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.$link-1\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.$link-1.0\">In a goodbye video a day earlier,<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.2\">\u00a0Henderson had announced that he would be leaving the club after 12 years during which he won the Premier League and Champions League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">&#8220;Everyone at the club wishes to place on record their thanks and gratitude for everything Jordan did for us,&#8221; said a Liverpool statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$list-5\">\n<li class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$list-5.$list-item-3\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">Henderson had been at Liverpool since joining from Sunderland in a deal worth \u00a320m in June 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">He played 492 times for the Reds, scoring 33 goals and registering 57 assists, and won seven major trophies with the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">&#8220;You are a legend,&#8221; said Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in a video on the club&#8217;s social media channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">&#8220;I know people say recently we use that word slightly too often. I can tell you, that it&#8217;s not in your case.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">Henderson<\/span><strong data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.$bold-1\">,\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"story-body__external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ettifaq.com\/news\/27-07-2023\/\" data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.$link-3\"><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.$link-3.0\">who has signed a deal running until 2026 with Al-Ettifaq,<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.4\">\u00a0will link up again with ex-Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who is manager of the Saudi Pro League side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".6s5teh36l8.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\">BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The England midfielder, 33, has moved in a deal worth \u00a312m plus add-ons. 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