London, Jan 19 (EFE).- Jordan Henderson, Ajax Amsterdam’s new signing, denied that he was going to speak ill of the Saudi Arabian league and justified his decision to come to the Netherlands as the best one he could make in football terms. .
“If you look back, it was an important decision and a decision that I felt was the right one for me and for my family,” Henderson said this Friday at a press conference about signing last summer for Al-Ettifaq, from whom he left this week.
“But things change very quickly in football. I had to make another decision and I thought this is the right one. The opportunity was too big to turn down, to play for such an important football club.”
After six months in Saudi Arabia, Henderson decided to leave the country and sign for Ajax, despite the fact that he still had several years left on his contract with Al-Ettifaq.
“In life, you can call it regrets or you can call it mistakes. At the same time, they are only mistakes if you don’t learn from them. I have learned a lot of things in Saudi Arabia. I had a lot of experiences. I can’t say a single bad word about anyone from there or the league. They tried to make me as comfortable as possible. I made friends there that I will talk to for the rest of my life. So I have gotten positive things from it. In the end it didn’t turn out as we would have liked, but we ended up on good terms,” he said. .
Henderson was one of the footballers who most supported the rights of the LGTBI community when he played in England, which earned him widespread criticism when he went to a country where homosexuality is illegal.
“I said it six months ago, if anyone has been offended, I apologize for it. My beliefs have never changed and they will not. I can apologize if I have disappointed people, but I have not changed as a person and I never will,” he said. .
(c) EFE Agency
2024-01-19 14:59:39
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