Liverpool star Jordan Henderson, is in “very advanced” talks to leave the club this summer.

Liverpool star Jordan Henderson has been linked with a surprise exit.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is in “very advanced”

talks to work with Steven Gerrard at Saudi club Al-Ettifaq, according to a sensational report from France.

Henderson is linked with a surprise departure and could be the last star to visit the Middle East

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is in “very advanced” talks to work with Steven Gerrard at Saudi club Al-Ettifaq, according to a sensational report from France. Henderson is linked with a surprise departure and could be the last star to visit the Middle East

The England star has been linked with a meeting with Liverpool icon Gerrard. The former Anfield favorite changed his assertion that he would not travel to Saudi Arabia and was finally confirmed as Al-Ettifaq head coach last week.

Al-Ettifaq are not among the four clubs majority-owned by the Public Investment Fund, but there are still rumors that they are interested in top European players.

Chelsea outcast and former Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been suggested as a possible target.

However, L’Equipe report that Henderson is in ‘very advanced’ talks over a surprise transfer to the Dammam-based club. Al-Ettifaq hope Gerrard’s appeal will tempt the 33-year-old to leave Anfield.

Henderson missed just three Premier League games last season and made 23 starts. Liverpool head coach Klopp described the veteran star as a “very, very, very important player” in February.

Asked about Henderson’s long-term future alongside him, the German replied: “I don’t understand why we are talking about a player, I think so.” Everyone knows how much I respect him. I don’t like to say that, but it’s true, we can’t deal with such things.

“A player becomes, ‘Henderson is this, Henderson is this,’ Hendo is not our problem.” Never was and never will be. When fit and fit, he’s played 98% of our games.

“He played all those games because he’s a very, very, very important player for us. There’s nothing… I understand you have to think about the issues, but I can’t answer that question Yes, he is important and how much we missed him.”

Henderson faces the prospect of renewed competition in Liverpool’s midfield next season. Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai have already joined Klopp’s ranks. Sky Deutschland claim the Reds are also hoping to sign Southampton star Romeo Lavia.

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As Liverpool return for preseason practice, Darwin Nunez’s squad number is hinted at.

It has been predicted that Darwin Nunez will switch uniform numbers and take the number nine position for Liverpool this summer.

At the beginning of the summer, four of Liverpool’s most famous jersey numbers were up for grabs due to some high-profile Anfield departures.

The number seven, eight, and nine jerseys all became available after James Milner, Naby Keita, and Roberto Firmino all left the club after their contracts expired, leaving the number 10 shirt vacant after Sadio Mane’s decision to leave for pastures new at Bayern Munich last summer.

The quartet were all members of the Reds team that won every major award available to them, ending Liverpool’s 30-year wait to be crowned English champions, and were crowned world champions for the first time in the club’s history months after winning the 2019 Champions League. All four were essential to the success Jurgen Klopp’s team has experienced over the past five years.

Naturally, all four of those jersey numbers would have garnered the most attention in Anfield history even without the recent success. Such numbers are linked to people like Sir Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard, Ian Rush, and John Barnes—some of the greatest Reds legends—and are adorned by them.

Milner, Keita, Firmino, and Mane all left the biggest shirts, or rather shoes, for their prospective successors to fill.

The new owners of three of Liverpool’s most renowned shirts have already been announced. While Luis Diaz traded his number 23 jersey for the illustrious number seven, new signings Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai now wear jerseys with the numbers 10 and 8, respectively.

However, as things stand, the Reds’ number nine jersey is still empty. During the summer, there were rumors that after Darwin Nunez’s first season at Anfield, he would inherit the number.

Since the digit nine appears in his social media usernames, it is fitting that the Uruguayan wore number nine for Benfica. He was at least given the opportunity to acquire “@darwin_n9” on Instagram, even though he had to settle for “@Darwinn99” on Twitter because “Darwinn9” already had a Twitter account, had nine followers when he joined in July 2013, and hadn’t tweeted in ten years. As you can see, the striker didn’t just misspell his own name; the second “n” actually stands for “number”!

Firmino already owned the number nine jersey when Nunez joined Liverpool last summer, and he had already given up his original number 11 jersey to Mohamed Salah five years prior. As a result, the Uruguayan chose the number 27 jersey. In the absence of his preferred jersey, he is not the first player to choose one with two digits that at least add up to nine.

However, the shirt with the number 9 is now available. Nunez may be looking at it, but he hasn’t yet adopted ownership of it like Diaz did.

On Monday for the first day of preseason practice, the Uruguayan was back at the AXA Training Center. His workout gear, which included the number 27, was worn while he worked out hard and participated in the “lactate test” on the field alongside Fabinho, Joe Gomez, and Joel Matip.

Nunez still has time to change his number if he so chooses. For instance, Gomez’s switch from number 12 to number 2 was only officially announced at the end of July of last year, the night before the Community Shield match against Man City.

Darwin Nunez, however, continues to be Liverpool’s number 27 at least for the time being.