Brendan Rodgers Hints Jordan Henderson Is Ready to be Liverpool’s Next Captain
http://msportnews.com/brendan-rodgers-hints-jordan-henderson-is-ready-to-be-liverpools-next-captain/Brendan Rodgers has dropped a real hint as to who will replace Steven Gerrard as Liverpool captain next season after speaking about the great leadership qualities that Jordan Henderson has developed over the last few months.
The 24-year-old is currently vice-captain to Gerrard, though it offers no guarantees that he will be given the role full-time when the club’s legendary skipper departs for a new life in California in the summer.
However, Rodgers glowingly told Liverpoolfc.com what attributes Henderson would bring to the role if he decides to hand him the armband on a full-time basis.
“In my time here, he’s grown from not just a top-class young player who can only get better, as he embraces different systems and tactics, but he’s also developed as a leader, in part by watching Steven Gerrard in the role,” the Anfield boss explained.
“And if he becomes the captain next season, he’ll carry it out with great honour.”
“I remember being sat talking to him for a length of time and it just meant an awful lot to him [to be made vice-captain]. It’s not just about putting on an armband, to him it’s so much more than that. It’s a representation of an iconic club, who over many years have had many great vice-captains, captains and players.”Watching Steven closely over his time here, Jordan understands the prestige of the role and understands the leadership qualities that are demanded from it. He’ll just get better and grow into it because he is very much a team player.””This is a guy who at the end of last season, when we were in for the title and he was suspended for three games after his sending-off against Manchester City, without telling anyone, went to a club official and offered to do all the media commitments so the others could concentrate on their game.”
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