![]() ![]() It’s possible his family couldn’t settle, which at least would make the decision to return explicable. Henderson lived in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, a 75-minute drive from training. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images Jordan Henderson wore a rainbow captain’s armband while at Liverpool Al-Ettifaq greyed it out. Nothing’s going to change.” Perhaps having inspected the sand from above the surface, he’s realised just how preposterous his position was, how there’s no way to reconcile wearing a rainbow armband while Liverpool captain with taking money from a club that greys out that armband in publicity shots. ![]() “We can all bury our heads in the sand and criticise different cultures and different countries from afar,” Henderson said of the LGBTQ+ issue. They’re losing, the ground is barely a fifth full, it’s hot, perhaps Steven Gerrard turned out not to be the inspirational coach Henderson had believed. ![]() But it is still only 7,854, which in a 35,000-capacity stadium must be dispiriting. Their average home gate this season is up 31% on last year, so in that sense Henderson has done his job. What was it that was so grim about playing for Al-Ettifaq that has made him take the financial hit? Would pride not have made him stay out there? Given the furore and accusations of hypocrisy around his departure, would he not have wanted to stay on for at least a full season, so he could say that actually, you know what, it’s not that bad?Īl-Ettifaq have not won any of their last nine games. And that means a substantial additional bill. ![]() In the UK, there’s effectively a 47% tax rate, including national insurance, on income at his level. But there’s also the fact that he will be tax resident in either the UK or the Netherlands for this tax year. At the very least, he is losing £3m in tax by leaving now. As it is, he will become subject to Saudi income tax at 20%. That salary would have been tax free had Henderson stayed for two years. ![]()
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