| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic 08:35 - Sep 5 with 6270 views | RobTheMonk |
The interviewer does not give him as easy time…
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 08:52 - Sep 5 with 4118 views | le2blue |
Didn’t do it for the money 💰 😂. Can’t believe he’s in the England squad. |  | | |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 08:55 - Sep 5 with 4118 views | RobTheMonk |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 08:52 - Sep 5 by le2blue |
Didn’t do it for the money 💰 😂. Can’t believe he’s in the England squad. |
The comments on the article and on Reddit are overwhelmingly negative towards him. He’d genuinely had been better off saying the money was too good to turn down. [Post edited 5 Sep 2023 8:55]
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 09:12 - Sep 5 with 4024 views | itfcsuth |
I just wish players were open and honest with it, I can understand it - the money is outrageous being offered.
Just say, "the money is unbelievable, this contract will secure another generation of Hendersons for life". [Post edited 5 Sep 2023 9:15]
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:07 - Sep 5 with 3851 views | patrickswell |
Does he take a “maybe I can change hearts and minds” line on the LGBTQ issue? |  | | |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:14 - Sep 5 with 3827 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Is there any acknowledgement from him that money was the driving factor?
It's so patronising to suggest it's anything else.
And it's ok, we'd all be tempted. Just admit it. |  |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:15 - Sep 5 with 3822 views | LankHenners |
Bit of a car crash really from him, says it wasn't for the money but then doesn't really offer an alternative reason for going other than vaguely recalling a conversation with Gerrard (who would have no reason to discuss Henderson's wages anyway) where they only discussed 'the project'.
Claims he can make a 'positive difference' but also says the things people say about Saudi Arabia aren't actually that bad (like with Qatar as well, according to him), and blames the negative reaction on social media rather than people in real life.
Also includes the classic 'I'm sorry if people are upset, it wasn't my intention to hurt them' argument. Would be better off admitting the obvious 'I sold my morals, which I didn't believe in as strongly as I claimed I did, because I'm a greedy pig who wants to chase the money'. |  |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:23 - Sep 5 with 3768 views | Vaughan8 |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 08:52 - Sep 5 by le2blue |
Didn’t do it for the money 💰 😂. Can’t believe he’s in the England squad. |
Just out of interest, what was his reason?
He must think we're all stupid. As someone else said, he would be better of just saying it's too good to turn down.
If they were paying him the same as Liverpool, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have gone. |  | | |
| AKA - “The Gary Neville excuse” (n/t) on 10:25 - Sep 5 with 3740 views | Bloots |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:07 - Sep 5 by patrickswell |
Does he take a “maybe I can change hearts and minds” line on the LGBTQ issue? |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:40 - Sep 5 with 3667 views | TractorCam |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 09:12 - Sep 5 by itfcsuth |
I just wish players were open and honest with it, I can understand it - the money is outrageous being offered.
Just say, "the money is unbelievable, this contract will secure another generation of Hendersons for life". [Post edited 5 Sep 2023 9:15]
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Indeed, the only reason any player has gone there is for the money. Henderson, Neymar, Benzema are all there for one reason and one reason only. There's nothing wrong with that when you realise how astronomical it is for a player on the back end of his career. Is he pretending he's there for the warm weather and football heritage? |  |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:13 - Sep 5 with 3540 views | Freddies_Ears |
Did they ask him whether he took his rainbow laces with him? | | | |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:16 - Sep 5 with 3510 views | iamatractorboy |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:40 - Sep 5 by TractorCam |
Indeed, the only reason any player has gone there is for the money. Henderson, Neymar, Benzema are all there for one reason and one reason only. There's nothing wrong with that when you realise how astronomical it is for a player on the back end of his career. Is he pretending he's there for the warm weather and football heritage? |
Maybe I would feel differently if I was in their position, but I have to wonder...how much money does one person actually need? Some people like to equate this to someone on an ordinary wage being offered treble and then saying "as if you'd turn that down, eh?", but really, we are talking about multimillionaires here where the money is just some figures on a piece of paper (or computer screen) and won't really affect their ability to buy whatever they want, surely. What is the motivation really, a (further) status symbol? Competition with the other top pros? | | | |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:20 - Sep 5 with 3476 views | WeWereZombies |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 08:55 - Sep 5 by RobTheMonk |
The comments on the article and on Reddit are overwhelmingly negative towards him. He’d genuinely had been better off saying the money was too good to turn down. [Post edited 5 Sep 2023 8:55]
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Yes, that is what he should have said, it isn't as if that would have had any negative outcomes in his new environment... |  |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:28 - Sep 5 with 3444 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:16 - Sep 5 by iamatractorboy |
Maybe I would feel differently if I was in their position, but I have to wonder...how much money does one person actually need? Some people like to equate this to someone on an ordinary wage being offered treble and then saying "as if you'd turn that down, eh?", but really, we are talking about multimillionaires here where the money is just some figures on a piece of paper (or computer screen) and won't really affect their ability to buy whatever they want, surely. What is the motivation really, a (further) status symbol? Competition with the other top pros? |
The buzz phrase is 'generational wealth'.
....on the basis that £15m per year in the Prem, huge signing on fees and bonuses and big sponsorship deals does not constitute generational wealth.
Some players have shown that its possible to turn the money down though.
It does just depend how greedy you are I guess. To be fair, most people are pretty greedy. | |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:30 - Sep 5 with 3430 views | itfcsuth |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:40 - Sep 5 by TractorCam |
Indeed, the only reason any player has gone there is for the money. Henderson, Neymar, Benzema are all there for one reason and one reason only. There's nothing wrong with that when you realise how astronomical it is for a player on the back end of his career. Is he pretending he's there for the warm weather and football heritage? |
Going for the dough doesn't annoy me, it's eye watering money.
The nonsense that comes out regarding development, the future, going to become one of the best leagues in the world - do me a favour, you went for the dough - and that is ok.
You look at Neymar, a player that really has never lived up to what he could have. 31 years old, back end of his career but still a huge draw.
He signed a two-year contract with Al-Hilal that will give him a guaranteed $300 million, and up to $400 million based on commercial deals with the club - unbelievable money. | | | |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:32 - Sep 5 with 3414 views | cressi |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:20 - Sep 5 by WeWereZombies |
Yes, that is what he should have said, it isn't as if that would have had any negative outcomes in his new environment... |
Game time my butt so then how does he get England game time laughable. Just another one who is full of lies Not the money be honest. Don't take everybody for been stupid. | | | |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:33 - Sep 5 with 3408 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:30 - Sep 5 by itfcsuth |
Going for the dough doesn't annoy me, it's eye watering money.
The nonsense that comes out regarding development, the future, going to become one of the best leagues in the world - do me a favour, you went for the dough - and that is ok.
You look at Neymar, a player that really has never lived up to what he could have. 31 years old, back end of his career but still a huge draw.
He signed a two-year contract with Al-Hilal that will give him a guaranteed $300 million, and up to $400 million based on commercial deals with the club - unbelievable money. |
He was on c.$40m per year salary at PSG, and probably double that with sponsorship deals, so his income was already eye watering.
Bizarrely the Saudi money wont really change his day to day lifestyle I wouldn't think.
But..... as you say, very hard to turn down. | |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:34 - Sep 5 with 3404 views | pointofblue |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:13 - Sep 5 by Freddies_Ears |
Did they ask him whether he took his rainbow laces with him? |
Yes. He won't wear them as he wishes to respect the religious outlook in Saudi Arabia.
Clearly just used the cause as one to promote himself. Now he doesn't need the LGBTQIA+ community he's abandoned them.
Nice to have 'morals' like that. I guess he'll ditch the religious outlook in Saudi Arabia when it suits him as well. | |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:52 - Sep 5 with 3314 views | JackNorthStand |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 10:07 - Sep 5 by patrickswell |
Does he take a “maybe I can change hearts and minds” line on the LGBTQ issue? |
He should just say the money is too good to turn down, yes Saudi has its issues with some of its views but my family come first and securing generational wealth for my family is priority over a countries politics. | | | |
| Some of the main points; on 12:02 - Sep 5 with 3254 views | Illinoisblue |
“The project is exciting”. Yeah playing in front of 7k crowds in a backward country must be so exciting.
More respect if if he’d come out and said “signing here was like winning the lottery, couldn’t turn it down” |  |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 12:09 - Sep 5 with 3211 views | Macedonian_Gerrard |
Comes across horrendously. The bit were he talks about being presented with stories of worker abuse in Qatar by Amnesty International but then when he got there for the World Cup it was actually all ok is quite something, to admit you can be sports-washed that easily....
Incredibly i think if he just straight up said "i did it all for the cash and parked my morals at the door" he would've come out of this better. Disgraceful too that Southgate has still picked him for England given how 'vocal' he's been about LGBTQ+ rights himself, the whole thing stinks. [Post edited 5 Sep 2023 12:10]
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 12:16 - Sep 5 with 3168 views | chicoazul |
| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 11:13 - Sep 5 by Freddies_Ears |
Did they ask him whether he took his rainbow laces with him? |
Wonder if Samy will wear some or the armband this season. |  |
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| Jordan Henderson interview - The Athletic on 12:21 - Sep 5 with 3138 views | SE1blue |
He comes across as extremely naive and utterly clueless to me.
Especially when he says he finds it hard to know what the truth/reality is. He mentions Amnesty international showing the england squad evidence of what happens in Qatar before the World Cup but then questions the validity of this by saying they were introduced to workers in that Qatar who didn’t appear to be suffering.
You mean, during a carefully constructed ‘meet and greet’ laid on by Qatar, Jordan?
I’ve lost any respect I had for him. |  |
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