Steven Gerrard was determined to make Liverpool's captain his statement signing at Al Ettifaq - but the process was far from easy
The complication was over the clubs’ expectations of the fee. Al Ettifaq — whose negotiations were led by vice-president Hatem Al-Mashal — had originally hoped not to pay any money for a 33-year-old who had become an irregular starter. Liverpool, however, pointed to his 43 appearances last season, the fact that he had started England’s most recent internationals and that he was still a player, and character, of real value to the club.
, becoming subject to more interest from Saudi, this time Al Hilal. In this case, however, Liverpool were adamant there was no chance of a deal, while the player himself was also committed to staying put. There were suggestions of a late hitch in the deal the following day but, while Henderson never contemplated pulling out of the transfer, he did want to take his time to think about it. He had played regularly last season and was leaving behind the captaincy role which he loved. He was also going to a league that, he was well aware, was until recently underfunded and not rated highly outside Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday, Henderson recorded the videos for his and Liverpool’s social media platforms — images of him taking one last walk across the Anfield pitch were leaked on Twitter and the following day he flew to Terme Sveti Martin to do the same for Al Ettifaq before joining in his first training session with his new club.
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