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Jordan Henderson has defended his switch to Al-Ettifaq from Liverpool in an interview with The Athletic.

Henderson’s move to Saudi Arabia came amongst criticism from LGBTQ+ groups.

Homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, while the state stands accused of a host of other abuses including placing harsh restrictions on women’s rights and the right to political protest.

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35 Comments

  1. I am sick of this LGBT…narrative!

    I acknowledge he is a hypocrite, when he defended the ideology, but this narrative is causing far more damage than his financial motivations!

    The Far left ideologies are destroying our societies. How about making as big an issue about child trafficking and the United Nations publishing a report stating that LGBT rights supersede religious rights, and we must all bow to their agenda! Deliberate and disgraceful!

    The minorities in society don't get to criticise a guy who put his family first.

    His mistake was supporting the narrative in the first place and becoming England's and Wokegate's puppet!

  2. Think they should all get of his back an let the bloke an his family get on with there lives hes supported gay community so much when he didn’t have to he’s a footballer first an always ffs

  3. Henderson hasn't got to explain to anyone. All this proves is a certain group will never be happy no matter what you do for them. No one cares about LGBTQ123xyz

  4. Went for money ,don't blame him. But take no notice of the lgbtq +++ community. Same people who are pushing for children to have surgery to change their sex. Won't be happy until they have control like the Nazi Party had.

  5. Good on you Jordan Henderson. People should respect your choice. You shouldn’t need to apologise to anyone, just like the many thousands of expats in Saudi, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain etc. If anyone was offered £700K a week, they would take it in a heartbeat, anyone who says they don’t is a liar. You are loved by the Saudi fans, you are wanted by them, you are adored by Saudi, you deserve to be in Saudi mate. People need to learn that the world doesn’t revolve around their beliefs and practices i.e. LGBTQ+ and there would be other nations like in Africa and Middle East who don’t accept that stuff, these idiots need to respect that and move on. People in the UK are hypocrites, have they forgotten what the UK has done to Iraq? The many millions of Iraqi lives killed and destroyed forever… UK championing human rights for Saudi my ass. Fair play to Henderson for bringing the joys to football to the nation of Saudi Arabia, truly the open minded and progressive one here who gives a fair chance to anyone, even to those who disagree with LGBTQ+. Anyone who disagrees with my comments can suck one. 🇸🇦 ✊

  6. Who will come and say he moved there because of money. Obviously people know what they can do in terms of their money. Well all understand why players are moving there…

  7. I don't care about the past, I care only present time of Liverpool. Hendo was be captain of Liverpool but now Van Dijk… Let him go and wish him all the best.

  8. Theres nothing wrong with going for the bag at the end of your career. I 100% support gay rights but i would work in Saudi for quadriple my salary in a heart beat. Doesn't mean you hate LGBTQ to work there.

  9. this is outrageous bullying by the cancel culture once again. if you follow this logic through, there are a raft of political reasons why we wouldn't complete with or in Russia, China, Brazil, Ukraine, USA, Argentina, Haiti, India, Israel, Australia, oh, hang on, the UK!!!!!!!!

  10. One thing you can definitely say about the alphabet people is that they are incredibly stupid and naive. If you honestly think for one second, any sports personality would genuinely support your cause is pathetic. The scenario would have been this. Klopp and the PR people at Liverpool would of said " lads we need someone to be seen as a spokesman for those alphabet pratts, who wants to do it or we are gunna have to put names in a hat. It'll be great PR for the club. " That's it. That's how it would have been done. No one would of jumped to there feet claiming its a cause close to there heart of which they fully support. So now all you gay men and women and trans people seriously grow up and just get on with ur lives. No one cares if ur gay or straight or were born a man and now 30 years on want to be a woman. Stop throwing it at people and walking round with this huge chip on ur shoulder as if the world owes u a huge favour. I personally work with both gay men and woman and absolutely love them all because of the human being they are. Kind ,funny and good honest hard workers and who never ever winge and moan about how hard there life has been. So all of you shut up and just get on with ur lives as best u can.

  11. Most of these comments seem to miss the point, Henderson was a massive LGBTQ advocate. He did everything from rainbow laces to commercials preaching about equality. People aren't criticising him because of his massive pay now, they're criticising him for holding the moral high ground openly then selling his morality to work in a country where his "values" are illegal and immoral. You can take whatever pay you want, but you can't be a fervent advocate of something and then sell that for a bigger pay check. There's ano argument about it, it's pure hypocrisy.

  12. You western so sick so obsessed with this group of mind sick disease who they create HIv 🤧 disgusting and still talking about it. Is his life and his his decision and his opinion and none of you guys house right to speak about it it's none of you guys business mind your own business you sick LG whatever it is you people sick you people are the responsible for the HIV disease

  13. Jordan henderson is a liar. The only reason he went there, like every other player from Europe was the money. And just like when someone white is called racist and they say "i cant be. Some of my best friends are black…..

  14. Honestly what a twerp 🤷‍♂️
    He's not a politician but felt the need to wear an armband and take a knee🤷‍♂️…. he left Liverpool purely for money as he wasn't going to feature much this season and saw this as his last financial gain.
    Why lie??

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