Klopp reveals Henderson's 'problem' and why 'it was better to move on'

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits Jordan Henderson 'is not good when he's not playing', but move was amicable

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00:00 Hendo said the truth in all departments, that's how it was.

00:02 So we had our talks, I told Hendo I want him to stay,

00:06 but we had to talk in these conversations as well about the possibility of...

00:09 ..not playing regularly.

00:12 I told him, "They bring players in and stuff like this."

00:15 You don't have this talk about the positives,

00:17 "Oh, Hendo, you will play."

00:18 I cannot have a talk before a season and tell a player,

00:21 "You will have 50 games this season, 100 per cent,"

00:23 because I don't know that.

00:24 It all depends on performance.

00:25 I thought it's important that we speak really about everything,

00:29 and that means what happens if.

00:31 Because Hendo is a fantastic player, I will love him forever,

00:35 a super guy, but he's not great when he's not playing, let me say it like that.

00:40 Millie was like this when I arrived here, and Lucas Leiva was like this,

00:43 and you always thought, "OK, they're great guys."

00:45 In the moment I see the line-up, they are not involved,

00:48 they turn into Jekyll and Hyde, it's a friendly game against that,

00:50 it's unbelievable.

00:52 So, and that's with Hendo's problem.

00:54 So you have to talk about that, he was my captain for seven and a half,

00:58 nearly eight years, and I said, "I have to talk about that now,

01:02 "because I don't want to wake up one morning and we two knock horns with each other

01:07 "just because you thought you would start and I tell you you will not."

01:10 Obviously, in Hendo's ear and mind came on, "OK, he doesn't want me here."

01:15 I understand it 100 per cent, but we clarified that, but anyway,

01:18 what he said is, "If I would have told him, 'Hendo, stay here,

01:21 "'you will be the main man in midfield,' stuff like this,

01:24 "Hendo would have stayed."

01:25 That's the truth, that's 100 per cent the truth, but I couldn't say that.

01:29 As much as I wanted him to stay, I couldn't say that.

01:32 And that's why it was better that Hendo moved on.