Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane have been reunited at an event ahead of the start of the Saudi Pro League season after taking up lucrative contracts in the Middle East
Jordan Henderson’s decision to leave Liverpool for Saudi Arabia appears to have shocked his former team-mate Sadio Mane.
Henderson decided to leave the Reds for £13million and sign a three-year contract with Al-Ettifaq â the club managed by another former Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard. The 33-year-old midfielder will earn a whopping £700,000-a-week in the Saudi Pro League, which has attracted a whole host of big-name signings by offering astronomical salaries.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was taken aback by Henderson’s exit, which came out of the blue. His move has also attracted a great deal of criticism from the LGBTQ+ community because Henderson, previously a vocal advocate for equality, has now moved to a country where homosexuality is illegal.
Mane played alongside Henderson at Liverpool for six years, winning the Premier League and Champions League, among other trophies. The Senegal international left Liverpool for Bayern Munich last year and has now moved on again, joining Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr.