Jordan Henderson

[Cerberus]

 

[ILD]

[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
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Is the player Buddha was on about. Not linked with us before, will please Pepe?

I've decided to get excited. Yep.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Welcome Mr Henderson!

 

[Fabio]

Re: Re: Jordan Henderson

Don't Dave, and it'll be someone gash

Or benzema

 

[Gary25]

[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
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Blackburn's Junior Hoilett is a name that has cropped up today in connection with LFC. Could be him.

 

[Markeh]

what a ginormous dick tease

 

[Jack D Rips]

[quote author=Gary25 link=topic=45570.msg1346614#msg1346614 date=1307650298]
[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
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Blackburn's Junior Hoilett is a name that has cropped up today in connection with LFC. Could be him.
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Never heard of him until yesterday. Was reading a Blackburn forum and they were saying they were ok with Jones going as long as Junior didnt

 

[gene hughes]

[quote author=Gary25 link=topic=45570.msg1346614#msg1346614 date=1307650298]
[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
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Blackburn's Junior Hoilett is a name that has cropped up today in connection with LFC. Could be him.
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This would excite me, he looks like a great prospect.

 

[reuque]

[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=45570.msg1346625#msg1346625 date=1307650550]
[quote author=Gary25 link=topic=45570.msg1346614#msg1346614 date=1307650298]
[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
[/quote]

Blackburn's Junior Hoilett is a name that has cropped up today in connection with LFC. Could be him.
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This would excite me, he looks like a great prospect[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=45570.msg1346625#msg1346625 date=1307650550]
[quote author=Gary25 link=topic=45570.msg1346614#msg1346614 date=1307650298]
[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
[/quote]

Blackburn's Junior Hoilett is a name that has cropped up today in connection with LFC. Could be him.
[/quote]

This would excite me, he looks like a great prospect.
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21, Canadien and played for St. Pauli? Exciting?

*creeps away*

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

[quote author=ILD link=topic=45570.msg1346574#msg1346574 date=1307648424]
[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
[/quote]

Is the player Buddha was on about. Not linked with us before, will please Pepe?

I've decided to get excited. Yep.
[/quote]

Matthew Jarvis

 

[OLD_Lewy]

henderson in the kit, can see him being a big player for us tbh, like carrol however that price will be hanging over his head for a while

http://twitpic.com/598jli

 

[Peatcheo]

Really mature and respectful first interview in the official.

 

[The Duck]

Any thoughts on a shirt number?

 

[Rosco]

21

 

[Gary25]

[quote author=Lewy link=topic=45570.msg1346659#msg1346659 date=1307652340]
henderson in the kit, can see him being a big player for us tbh, like carrol however that price will be hanging over his head for a while

http://twitpic.com/598jli
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I honestly don't think it will mate, when he's taking to the field, i don't think the lad will be thinking about the price tag whatsoever.

It's the media and fans that kick up a fuss about transfer fees, and as someone has already said in this thread, he signed a 5 year contract with Sunderland not so long ago so that has a big impact on any transfer fee as well.

 

[OLD_Lewy]

[quote author=Gary25 link=topic=45570.msg1346680#msg1346680 date=1307654606]
[quote author=Lewy link=topic=45570.msg1346659#msg1346659 date=1307652340]
henderson in the kit, can see him being a big player for us tbh, like carrol however that price will be hanging over his head for a while

http://twitpic.com/598jli
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I honestly don't think it will mate, when he's taking to the field, i don't think the lad will be thinking about the price tag whatsoever.

It's the media and fans that kick up a fuss about transfer fees, and as someone has already said in this thread, he signed a 5 year contract with Sunderland not so long ago so that has a big impact on any transfer fee as well.
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yeah sorry i meant from the fans and media perspective, he seems proffesional enough for it not to bother him

 

[the count]

[quote author=The Duck link=topic=45570.msg1346677#msg1346677 date=1307653990]
Any thoughts on a shirt number?
[/quote]Well it can't be 50 as Honda is getting that one

 

[LadyRed]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=45570.msg1346678#msg1346678 date=1307654075]
21
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Poor The Lucas

 

[Modo]

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[LadyRed]

[quote author=Cerberus link=topic=45570.msg1346561#msg1346561 date=1307647964]
bensmith_Times Ben Smith
New #LFC target was not a name I had heard linked with the club before today. #suspense
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Higuain maybe? He's meant to be on the move.

 

[Hansern]

Looks like NGog is going the other way;

Sunderland’s bid to sign David Ngog remains on course after they reached an agreement with Liverpool to sign the France Under-21 striker.
Ngog’s involvement was pivotal in the transfer of Jordan Henderson to Anfield. However, the 22-year-old will not travel to Wearside to complete a medical now but wait until he returns from a holiday in the United States.

 

[Stulikesdrums]

Glad we've signed a good player. fuck the fee, we're loaded now so it doesn't matter.

 

[King Binny]

JORDAN HENDERSON knew he was destined to be a Premier League superstar - at the ripe old age of eight!

Today, the 20-year-old is a £20million, £60,000-a-week Liverpool midfielder - the latest young gun to become part of Kenny Dalglish's Anfield revolution.

It has been an incredible, meteoric rise to fame for the Sunderland-born lad who has only been playing in the top flight for the last two years.

No one on Wearside would have thought his trip to the big-time would happen so fast.

Well, no one, that is, except Henderson himself.

When he was a nipper kicking a ball about with dad Brian in the back garden, the steely determination and focus which have taken him to the top were etched all over his little face.

Proud Brian last night spoke about the amazing dedication his lad has shown to bag the move of his dreams...

He does not drink.

He does not like clubbing.

He always finds time to go back to his old school, the Farringdon Community Sports College, and give presentations to the pupils at assemblies about how to make the most of their lives.

All he thinks about is football, football, football.

And a bit more football.

This is one player who will not need a super-injunction to hide any bad-boy antics.

Brian said: "I have been Jordan's biggest critic over the years but the lad has done all the hard work and now look at his reward.

"He has given up so much. He never goes clubbing, is teetotal and, to be honest, doesn't even have any other interests other than football.

"I know he may have missed out on a lot of stuff his mates are getting up to.

"But I've said to him, 'You can start drinking when you're 35, just concentrate on your football'.

"He took up a bit of golf once but it just acted as a bit of relief from the training he did as a kid. From the age of seven he trained three times a week.

"And when he wasn't at the club he was in the back garden practising and practising.

"I remember when he was eight he turned round and said to me 'Dad, I'm going to be a professional footballer'.

"He had a brilliant determination and focus. I would just tell him to believe in himself."

Henderson's talent was never in doubt. But he came close to being released by the Mackems as a teenager.

He was a bit scrawny. But then came a growth spurt which helped fire his dreams.

Playing for the under-18s at the age of 16, Henderson began to excel. Sunderland-daft Brian could not have been happier.

His little boy was playing for the club he has supported all his life. Henderson is a Black Cat too. Yet - and look away now, Liverpool fans - when he was growing up the midfielder loved... Manchester United.

When we spoke last October in Romania ahead of a crunch Under-21 Euro 2011 play-off clash, the new Anfield star said: "When I was little my heroes were Ryan Giggs and David Beckham. Obviously I had heroes at Sunderland as well but Beckham and Giggs were the ones I admired.

"When I was growing up, United were the best team to watch with the likes of Beckham, Scholes, Giggs and Keane."

Brian, though, will always be a Black Cat through and through.

He admitted: "I guess you could say it really was a bittersweet moment when I found out Jordan was going to Liverpool.

"Of course, as a dad, I was so proud of my boy. But as a Sunderland fan of 47 years it was a bit upsetting too.

"All our family are Sunderland-daft, as Jordan is, and I've never been more proud than watching him play at the Stadium of Light.

"I know this really is the best move he could have made, though. Liverpool are more ambitious, have a better chance of winning things and the prospect of playing with the likes of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher isn't something you turn down.

"I have covered so many miles watching Jordan over the years and so it will be a bit strange watching Liverpool instead of my team - but so be it."

Henderson Jnr may have made it into the big-time but you will not find him forgetting his roots.

He regularly goes back to his old stomping ground and tries to help the next generation to follow a similar path.

Former PE teacher Steve Golightly said: "He is an excellent role model for all young aspiring boys and girls. The staff and pupils at the school are proud of his achievements.

"He has always kept in touch with the school and delivered assemblies, talking to the pupils about how to lead a healthy and active lifestyle and do the best they can.

"Jordan was a very athletic pupil who came with a reputation of being a very talented all-round sportsman. He was very quick and also an excellent middle-distance runner. He was a good rackets player too.

"Jordan was always prepared to work hard and showed great determination to be the best he could be in all sports.

"I'm sure if you spoke to teachers of other subjects they would say the same. He was a confident person, very respectful towards staff and other pupils. All in all, a very grounded young man.

"He played in a very strong school team with a lot of talented players but he stood out as being a very creative player who possessed excellent vision and awareness and was a clinical finisher. Above all he was a team player."

There you have it.

The rackets ace is set to become a very big noise on Merseyside.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Carroll will sort him out

 

[Avmenon]

Has N'gog gone yet?

 

[dmishra]

No, not included as part of the Henderson deal. I read somewhere he's considering his options though he might end up moving to Sunderland only eventually.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Or he might hang around for the last year of his contract. And fight for his place of course.

 

[King Binny]

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/9077784.Bruce_makes_striker_move/

The Merseyside club have said the figure is in the region of £16m but sources on Wearside claim the amount will be £19.25m including add-ons.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/sunderland-afc/chris-young-column/sad_loss_so_sunderland_must_be_bold_now_and_rebuild_1_3467821

It is a huge amount of money for a player whose real worth still divides many Sunderland fans.

Many supporters were unconvinced that Henderson justified the hype – they were perhaps looking for more in the way of silky skills, blistering pace or spectacular goals.

But Liverpool don’t shell out £20m on speculative punts and Kenny Dalglish was fully aware that every top club in the Premier League was pondering a move for the Sunderland midfielder.

The Anfield manager didn’t want to run the risk of Henderson’s precocious talents coming to full fruition in the European Under-21 Championship finals this month – something which would have pushed up his price and possibly have started a bidding war.

So he has acted decisively and will sleep soundly this weekend knowing he has secured a model professional, one of England’s brightest rising stars and a player who is only going to get better.

At 20, Henderson already has more than 50 Premier League games under his belt and in two, three or four years time will have the experience and confidence to be making all the difference in games.

He can expect to be at the top for the next decade and if that proves to be the case, then that £20m averages out at £2m a season – not bad business at all for a player Daglish believes is going all the way to the top.

On Henderson, who despite being just 20 years old is already a full England international, former England Under-21 boss Peter Taylor said: "It's a lot of money but I must admit I like the way Henderson plays. He really tests teams with his passing and he looks to get the ball into the space between the defenders and the goalkeeper.

 

[King Binny]

England Under-19s coach and former Leeds and Birmingham star Noel Blake also rates Liverpool’s £16m new boy ­Henderson and says he is ready to go straight into the first team.

He added: “There are some very talented young English footballers about and ­Jordan is ­certainly one of them.

“He can play on either flank and Steve Bruce ­identified him as a central midfielder at Sunderland so Kenny Dalglish will have good options.

“Jordan has had a full season playing in the ­Premier League at Sunderland and has proven himself at that level already.

“He has won an England cap also and I’m sure Kenny has not spent all that money to put him in the reserves.

Gary Pallister has no doubt that Henderson’s move to Anfield was right for all ­concerned.

And he reckons Kop boss Kenny ­Dalglish sees the England midfielder, who will be 21 on Friday, as a potential long-term replacement for Steven ­Gerrard.

He said: “It’s a good buy for Liverpool – he’s a terrifically talented player. I don’t know for sure whether Man United were in for him, so I don’t know whether it was a coup for Liverpool or not.

“I think they’re investing in the future, as they did with the signing of Andy ­Carroll from Newcastle. I think that’s the way Kenny is going, looking for young English players.

“Jordan Henderson could go on and maybe fill a role there when Steven ­Gerrard eventually hangs his boots up, so I think Kenny is looking at the long term as well.’’

Ray Wilkins:

“He has just got a ­fantastic move to ­Liverpool and from what I saw of him last season at Sunderland he is a ­midfield player with a great future. There was a difficult period of the season for him but that happens when it is a hard time for your club. He is a great talent.”

 

[King Binny]

Interesting read:

http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/2011/06/12/kennedy-henderson-left-safc-for-silverware-79310-28861766/

JUST call it the Anfield Tap.

Jordan Henderson’s £19million switch from Sunderland to Liverpool on Wednesday continued a long – and depressing – trend of North East talent washing up on the banks of the River Mersey.

Or Anfield, to be precise – with Henderson becoming the FIFTH homegrown England international to swap North East colours for the blood red of Liverpool.

It is a barely credible one-way flow of talent that also includes great Scot Graeme Souness (nicked from Middlesbrough back in 1974) and a pair of fine German talents sourced away in their prime (Newcastle’s Dietmar Hamann and Boro schemer Christian Ziege).

So that is the appeal for the players. But why do Liverpool keep coming back to our doorstep?

The fact that they have such a smart scouting team up here probably helps. The well-respected Alex Smailes is their man in the North East, but it is former Everton midfielder Alan Harper who has the brief of watching players with a view to signing.

He can spot talent but there is something else about North East stars that makes them so suitable for Anfield, reckons Kennedy.

“The people of the North East and Liverpool are probably kindred spirits in a way,” he said.

“They’re both traditionally working class places where people are brought up to work hard, and football is a massive thing in both places.

“Kenny knows the area well. He knows what he’s buying in Andy and Jordan.

“He will have had them looked at, and there is that thing that if you can play in front of 50,000 Sunderland or Newcastle fans, you’re going to be able to cope with Anfield too.

“That is a big thing. You have to be a special player to be able to do that.”

Alex Smailes is a new name to me, but I just realised he has been at the club for years! :-[

Nice to know that its not a merciless overhaul of the previous scouting network under the new one.

Beardsley was part of a great team at Anfield under Kenny Dalglish.

On how he moved to Anfield, Beardsley told liverpoolfc.tv: "It was through one of the scouts that still works for the football club - a fellow called Alex Smailes. Alex had been a big part of Liverpool's history. When you look at the amount of north-east players that have gone that way, he's been involved in all of them and he was involved in my transfer. He asked me would I be interested in going to Liverpool but he only asked me after I'd been told Newcastle were ready for me to go.

Liverpool, of course were knocked out by Marseille in the fourth round of the UEFA Cup, and the Reds assistant manager Phil Thompson has sent Newcastle assistant boss John Carver videos and scout reports on the French team.

Carver says Newcastle are extremely grateful to Liverpool and Phil Thompson for their help in plotting a victory over the French team.

Carver said: "As soon as we beat PSV Eindhoven, Liverpool's North East man Alex Smailes was on the phone to us and, within a couple of days, Liverpool assistant manager Phil Thompson sent me a big box of videos and reports.

And even when in failing health in his eighties Jacks still ventured out way beyond the call of duty usually driven by his long-time friend Alex Smailes, another scouting gem who works for Liverpool.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-mcnally/Why-Alan-Shearer-is-mourning-the-loss-of-one-of-football-s-great-unsung-servants-article269341.html#ixzz1P3LvxhQ5