Klopp unsure how people ‘dare to judge’ former Liverpool star over career choices
Jurgen Klopp jumped to the defence of Jordan Henderson by saying his critics should not have judged the former Liverpool captain for moving to Saudi Arabia.Henderson joined Ajax on Thursday, which Klopp thinks will be a wonderful move for the midfielder and his family, after ripping up his lucrative contract with Al-Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro-League after just six months and only 19 games."I’m happy for him as it looks like he is happy and that is the most important thing to me," Klopp said.“People are really critical of Hendo about the move, first there and now coming back. I don’t know how we dare, always judging these kind of things."
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00:00 No, I didn't speak to him after that.
00:03 But I'm happy for him, because it looks like he's happy,
00:06 and that's the most important thing to me.
00:08 And I think it's absolutely...
00:11 From time to time I forget that I actually don't read...
00:16 ..these kind of stories, but it's not about us directly.
00:20 I read a little bit, and people are really critical with Hendo about the move,
00:24 first there, then there, then there, and then there.
00:27 Now coming back and all these kind of things,
00:30 I don't know how we dare always judging these kind of things.
00:34 All of us, we have one life and we have to make decisions,
00:38 and sometimes our decisions are perfect in the first place,
00:41 and sometimes it feels different after you've made them.
00:44 So he was there, and it's 100 per cent an interesting experience.
00:48 I spoke to him, 99 per cent of what football-wise would happen there was absolutely fine,
00:53 it's the start of something,
00:55 and it's not like it is here, I imagine it would be immediately like that.
00:59 Many things to develop in the future, but never really critical,
01:02 or saying, "It's not possible, that's not there," or whatever.
01:06 But then he thought it's better for him and the family to come back to Europe,
01:10 and now he's here and he found with Ajax Amsterdam a sensational club.
01:14 A sensational club in a difficult moment, who can lead for sure.
01:17 Ajax always played the best football when they combined their real talent,
01:22 what's always there, with some experience,
01:26 and that's obviously now Rado, the job of Hendo, being part of that experience group.