The man now in charge of the captain’s armband at Anfield admits he was made to feel not good enough by a Uruguayan striker shortly after his arrival
Jordan Henderson admits he was “ready to kill” Luis Suarez shortly after his arrival at Liverpool, with the Uruguayan considered to have been disrespectful on the training field.
The South American striker was acquired by the Reds during the January transfer window of 2011.
Six months later and Henderson joined him at Anfield after making a big-money move from Sunderland.
At just 20 years of age, the now Liverpool captain says he was not given the warmest of welcomes by Suarez as he was left feeling “not good enough” by senior colleagues.
Henderson, who has gone on to become a Champions League-winning skipper on Merseyside, told The Greatest Game with Jamie Carragher podcast of his early experiences: “I was trying to do the best I can do.
“Being a footballer, there is criticism and people doubting you all the time.
“At that time, I was a young player and there were one or two things Luis did in training that I didn’t like.
“It made me feel I wasn’t good enough to be in the same team in training.
“The arms were up like ‘what the f*ck, what is he doing’, like I shouldn’t be there.
“That really hurt me. He did it three times and then I exploded and I was ready to kill him.”
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