Jamie Carragher rues controversial exit of ex-Liverpool star – 'It was a big mistake'
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Jamie Carragher has named the Liverpool star he believes missed out on winning another Premier League title with the club after he decided to leave AnfieldJamie Carragher has told Jordan Henderson he missed out on winning another Premier League title with Liverpool and made a big mistake leaving the club. He then spent 18 months in Amsterdam before returning to the Premier League this summer, joining Brentford.But Carragher believes Henderson made a big mistake in opting to move to Saudi Arabia; not only could he have won another title, but he also could be playing the role Wataru Endo has performed in recent seasons.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!
All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageSpeaking on the Zac Djellab podcast, the Kop icon said: “When I retired and Steven Gerrard left the club, it was, 'Who is going to be Liverpool captain?’ Liverpool fans were going nuts that Jordan Henderson was captain; I was defending him constantly.“It was right that he was captain, a brilliant captain, been a brilliant player for Liverpool. I still don’t think he should have left Liverpool, he should still be at Liverpool now."I think he made a big mistake leaving Liverpool, he missed out on another league title, obviously went to Saudi Arabia, Ajax and is at Brentford.“He shouldn’t have left Liverpool, it was a mistake.
It was because Jurgen Klopp said he was bringing midfield players in, and he said he wasn’t going to play every week.“What [Wataru] Endo has done at Liverpool, Jordan Henderson is a better player; he could have done that, and he’d have picked another league title up. I think he made a big mistake there.”Henderson admitted towards the end of last year that he was so hurt by his Anfield exit that he couldn't bear to watch his former club on TV.He said: “It was a really tough period when I left Liverpool, I was there for a long period of time, 12 years.“Leaving Liverpool itself was huge and really difficult and at any point it was going to be hard because it had been my life for so long and then it is just gone like that… so I have struggled for a period after that.“No, I couldn’t watch a lot of games, I certainly couldn’t watch Liverpool.