Jordan Henderson slam 'BANG OUT OF ORDER' Dutch journalist for falsely claiming that he threatened Ajax to go on a strike if he was denied transfer to Monaco..
2025-02-06 15:48
Jordan Henderson, a former Liverpool legend and England international defensive midfielder who is currently playing for Ajax, was reported by multiple media outlets on Wednesday that he had angrily slammed a Dutch media outlet De Telegraaf's journalist in the post-match press conference following de Godenzonen's Der Klassiker derby match against Feyenoord for falsely claiming that he threatened the club that he would go on a strike in order to transfer to Monaco.
Henderson angrily hit out at the press conference that after reading the report, he felt that almost 99% of the news written in the rumour was 'BANG OUT OF ORDER' and there was no room for tolerance. He also questioned the journalist's claim that the source of the news was "provided by head coach Francesco Farioli".
He clarified that he did not decide to go on a strike or stop being the club's captain because he was angry about not being able to transfer to Monaco, but he thought that his experience at the club were not as deep as other players who had played for Ajax for many years or those who had came through the youth academy, hence he took the initiative to give up continuing to be the club's captain after the UEFA Europa League match against Galatasaray a few days ago.
The former Liverpool star also said that he had never been unwilling to play for the club, and he had no intention of leaving Ajax deliberately.
He would reluctantly accept the possibility of transferring to other clubs only because Ajax's debt situation was bad, and if his transfer could help reduce the debt, he would be happy to accept it.
Henderson revealed that the reason why he was not arranged to play a few days ago was because he was told by the club's management that other clubs were making offers to Ajax for him, and the club decided not to let him play for this reason.
He also criticized that it doesn't matter how he is written or criticized, because he can bear it, but he absolutely cannot tolerate the fact that the journalists had sensationalized his character and conduct in order to clickbait, causing his family, children, parents and fans who support and like him to worry about him.
In fact, the report that Henderson was accused of deliberately go on a strike because he wanted to transfer to Monaco and showing an "unprofessional attitude" also came from the Dutch conservative newspaper De Telegraaf.
As one of the largest conservative newspapers in the country, De Telegraaf has deliberately written articles to accuse Henderson more than once. They even deliberately made a big fuss on the day Henderson joined Ajax that he had spoken out for the issue of LGBT+ community's human rights when he played for Liverpool in the past, but kept silent on this issue after leaving the team for money to join the Al-Ettifaq.
De Telegraaf also deliberately published a post after this fake rumour about Monaco, claiming that the former Reds captain had a disagreement with teammate Bertrand Traore, so that he deliberately chose not to celebrate with the latter after the latter scored a goal, but in fact, multiple game highlights have shown that Henderson high-fived Traore after the goal.
What's worse, after being slammed by Henderson, journalist was very shameless and dared to publish another column saying that the former was "acting to the fullest" and had no intention of repenting!
Since becoming a member of the de Godenzonen, Henderson has played 27 times in all competitions for the Eredivisie giants so far, making 7 assists.