Your Liverpool morning digest as Jordan Henderson closes in on an exit and Jorg Schmadtke hints at the club’s next summer transfers
Welcome to your Liverpool FC morning digest for Friday, July 21.
Henderson transfer to free up immediate funds
Jordan Henderson’s 12-year stay at Liverpool appears to be coming to and end as the club have accepted a £12m deal plus add-ons from Steven Gerrard’s Al Ettifaq.
If the captain and Fabinho – who is subject to a £40m bid from Al Ittihad – move on, Jurgen Klopp will be forced to take the necessary steps to complete a midfield revamp sooner than perhaps expected.
However, the boss will receive a boost to do so in the form of the money freed up by Henderson departing two years prior to the expiry of his current Reds contract.
The midfielder is believed to be on around £190,000-per-week at Anfield and is one of the highest paid players in the squad.
Schmadtke on his Liverpool role
Reds Sporting Director Jorg Schmadtke has spoke about his role at the club, as well as giving a hint about future transfer plans.
Schmadtke took on the important job in May, helping to finalise the £35m transfer of Alexis Mac Allister before organising a the £60m move for Dominik Szoboszlai.
His attention has briefly turned to Henderson and Fabinho’s ongoing situations, however in an interview with Sky Sports, the German refused to rule out further arrivals – particularly from the Bundlesliga.
He also unravelled details of his working relationship with Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool’s owners.