Six months after announcing his intention Saudi Arabia help highlight social backwardness in the country, Jordan Henderson left the Middle East scaredwithout earning a cent, with a damaged reputation and heading to the Dutch league to try to revive his career.
Henderson, already represented by Ajax, dug his own grave by announcing last summer that he was leaving for the team. Al Ettifaq Saudi Arabia, despite its constant struggle for the rights of the LGBT+ community.
The former Liverpool captain regularly participated in the English federation and Premier League’s campaigns to make the rights of this community visible, but he abandoned his values to receive a salary of 350 thousand pounds sterling (about 408 thousand euros). in Week .
In England, Henderson was called a hypocrite and people did not hesitate to boo him every time he was called up to the national team. The footballer claimed that his departure to Arabia was aimed at making the group visible in a country where homosexuality is illegal.
No one believed his arguments, and while his more than minor league football career waned, his reputation went downhill, while his other teammates who also ended up in Arabia, such as Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane And Fabinho they left without any consequences for themselves.
After six months in Al-Ettifaq, Henderson ended his “fight” for LGBTI rights and decided that his time in Saudi Arabia had come to an end. He filtered his intention to leave and looked for a way out. His ideal would have been a return to the Premier League, but his place in European football has been found at Ajax, a high-level club that can keep him in contact with Gareth Southgate, who had no problem calling him up despite being in the composition. Saudi League.
And losing the reputation built over more than a decade at Anfield may not have brought him any financial benefit.
Steven Gerrard, Al Ettifaqa coach, and Jordan Henderson.
As reported this week TelegraphHenderson could not receive a pound of his salary due to his decision to defer his salary to avoid paying taxes in the United Kingdom.
According to British law, if a person spends more than 90 days a year in the country, he will have to pay taxes there. Henderson, who had expected to exceed the limit for visits to family, friends and concentration in England, decided to defer receiving his salary, but now he could be left empty-handed as Al Ettifaq could not pay him anything for his six months at the club due to the sudden care
Henderson’s departure from Saudi Arabia is due to personal reasons, as he is unhappy with daily life in the city of Dammam, and he will have to explain the reasons for his decision in the coming weeks and months.
His presence in the England squad is a mystery at the moment, despite the midfielder always having Southgate’s support.
Gareth Southgate.
“I don’t understand why they’re booing him,” the coach said in October, adding.
He was capped 80 times for England. His role both on and off the pitch was very important and he helped many of the youngsters in the team. He was an example for many.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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