Outside the football pitch, Jordan's won plaudits for his support for the LGBT+ community and, during Covid, for the NHS, contributing towards his appointment of an MBE in 2021. This book sets out why: a player who struggled with criticism and self-doubt, yet made himself the best he could be, ending up captaining Liverpool to every trophy available to them. On the morning of England’s first major men’s championship final in 55 years, it might feel a little strange to be reading a paean to a player who may not even play. To understand why, you need to study some of the behaviour at the fringes of this England team during the tournament. As an avid Liverpool fan - much to my parents' chagrin - for 21 years now, and after reading https://www.

Off the field he is a fearless ambassador, with his role in backing the NHS following his work during the COVID-19 pandemic and unifying players across the Premier League to support NHS Charities Together. Henderson was at Liverpool when they nearly won the league in 2014 - indeed his absence in the last few games was probably a factor in why they didn’t - and the story then takes us through the triumphs and dramas of the Jurgen Klopp era - a real page turner. Henderson not only battled it out, but he turned around perceptions and then stepped up to fill perhaps the biggest void in recent Liverpool history when the iconic Steven Gerrard left.In this book, Jordan charts his decade-long journey with the Reds, the challenges on and off the pitch, and how he established himself as one of the greatest footballers of our time. In this book, Jordan charts his decade-long journey with the Reds - he is one of only five men to play ten season for the club in the modern era - as well as his incredible experiences within the England squad. i knew much about his playing career but learning how he developed his skills, what happened during his early years at Liverpool and about his family life growing up and now as a father himself.

It is easy to forget too that Henderson and his career was in its relative infancy when he arrived at Anfield from Sunderland in 2011 and the task of making his mark and forcing his way into a Reds side looking to recreate Liverpool’s glory days would have daunted many. Bukayo Saka and Jack Grealish both ask him to fix their ties, which Henderson does like a proud father. We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, traditions and living cultures; and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. Many of England’s rivals at this tournament – France, Portugal, Germany – have felt in some way torn between the old and the new, struggling to bridge the gap between them. Southgate is a keen student of psychology and social sciences, and one of the books that has stayed with him is Sapiens, the bestselling anthropological study by Yuval Noah Harari.He was talking about the players who define the cultural and behavioural norms that junior members of the group instinctively follow. I can only assume this is due to him still being an active footballer for both his country and club. Southgate referred to the “tribal elders” in the squad before the Denmark game, but he wasn’t simply talking about seniority or experience or leadership by exemplar. There’s also an incredible maturity, a willingness to accept his flaws and crucially work at them and to understand the importance of the team and to play his part.

A relentless and inspiring presence, Henderson has lifted the Premier League, Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, Emirates FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Carabao Cup and FA Community Shield with his trademark ‘Hendo shuffle’ to cement his LFC legacy. There is something touching and reassuring in the way this England squad has steered clear of the club cliques and inter-generational tensions that defined so many of their predecessors. charts his career of more than a decade and counting at Anfield from when he first signed for the Reds in 2011, a spell that has included 463 appearances and seven trophies so far during his tenure as captain.Wisdom, generosity, leadership by quiet example rather than showy gesture, unity over division, the greater good over personal ambition, taking pleasure in being part of something larger than yourself: in many ways, the story of Henderson is the story we wish we could tell about England. With the Reds, he has won the Champions League trophy, the Premier League title (marking the first time in 30 years for the club) and, this season, the double win of the FA Cup and League Cup. If you are a fan of Jordan Henderson or indeed of Liverpool FC then you will enjoy this insight into our Captain and see just how much he has dedicated his life to his love of the beautiful game.

It’s a story of determination and willing himself to succeed - and he tells it with typical modesty and self-effacement.I also like how he touched upon both Black Lives Matter (especially taking the knee) - considering that Luis Suarez was found guilty of racism when he was playing for Liverpool - and the fund which he and many other footballers set up to help the NHS staff and key workers throughout the pandemic.