Jordan Henderson snaps at Monaco transfer ‘lies’ after Ajax win

Ajax midfielder Jordan Henderson has hit out at “lies” over his mooted switch from the Dutch membership to AS Monaco after his crew closed the hole on PSV Eindhoven on the prime of the Eredivisie with a win over fierce rivals Feyenoord.

Reviews emerged in France and the Netherlands final week that the previous Liverpool participant had requested to go away Ajax to affix the Ligue 1 facet — one thing the England worldwide strenuously denied in a post-match interview with ESPN.

“Everybody is aware of the membership’s monetary state of affairs. Cash needs to be created and that may be performed by letting huge earners depart,” Henderson stated of the state of affairs.

“I’m one of many huge earners. It is typically about my wage within the media. The state of affairs was that we needed to determine whether or not it was price pivoting or retaining my wage on this case.

“These had been troublesome conversations. I stated what I assumed, however we collectively got here to the conclusion that I ought to keep. I’m pleased with that. I’ll give the whole lot for the membership and the crew.

“After all I’m pleased to remain. My plan was to remain right here at the very least till the tip of the season after which re-evaluate. Quite a lot of issues had been taken out of context within the press. That was disrespectful, they had been lies.

“Untruths had been instructed about me as an individual. I attempted to focus, but it surely feels painful. Folks might criticise me due to my sport, however when it will get private … I’m a human being with household, dad and mom, a spouse and youngsters. In the event that they learn issues within the press that aren’t true, that’s going too far. I do not know what their sources are, however it’s not true.”

Henderson moved to the Dutch capital after an unsuccessful six-month stint within the Saudi Professional League with Al Ettifaq.

Henderson has been Ajax’s captain for a lot of this season, although forward of their Europa League contest on Thursday towards Galatasaray he handed the armband to teammate Remko Pasveer.

In a separate post-match information convention on Sunday, he grew to become embroiled in a heated argument with quite a few reporters that lasted nearly 10 minutes.

“I feel 99% of individuals, in the event that they knew the within info, would not have performed the sport [on Thursday],” he stated. “However but, individuals on this room have questioned my professionalism and me as an individual — I feel it is bang out of order.

“I’ve received a household, spouse, children, mum, dad, who learn nonsense within the media from you guys.”

The journalists concerned defended their reporting regardless of Henderson’s ire.

Data from ESPN Netherlands contributed to this report.