My Beliefs Never Changed Despite Move To Saudi Arabia – Henderson

Ex Liverpool midfielder, Jordan Henderson has come out to apologise for offending anybody with his move to Saudi Arabia. He, however, insists that his beliefs have never changed despite the move, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, if anyone from his community feels let down or hurt in any way, because of the move, he is sincerely sorry for making them feel that way.

Henderson added that it was a simply a big decision he felt was right for him, but now he knows better.

His words, “If any people from that community feel let down or hurt I apologise. If anyone was offended or feel as though I upset them, that’s on me, that was my decision and I apologise for that. It was never my intention. I just want to look forward now and concentrate on being the best player I can for Ajax. My beliefs have never changed and never will. Again I can only apologise if people feel let down.

I think a lot of people would like me to criticise the Saudi League, that’s not something I’m going to do. I have a lot of respect for them and those that made me feel welcome. If anyone is offended, I apologise, that was never my intention.

Looking back at the time, it was a big decision and one I felt was right for me. Things change quickly in football and I’m happy to make this decision (to come to Ajax) and I felt this opportunity was too big to turn down for me. In life, if you want to call them regrets or mistakes you can, but they’re only mistakes if you don’t learn from them and I learnt a lot of things about Saudi. I haven’t got a bad word to say about anyone. I have friends over there I’ll speak to forever and there were still positives to come out of it. In the end it didn’t turn out way we both wanted to, but it ended on great terms.”