jordan henderson
Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson is in
no rush to sign a new contract before the end
of the season.
Jordan Henderson is prepared to wait until
the end of the Premier League season before
signing a new deal with Liverpool.
Henderson has 18 months remaining on his
existing deal at Anfield and captain Steven
Gerrard has urged Liverpool’s hierarchy to tie down the England international.
However, the 24-year-old wants to focus on his football from now until the end of the
campaign, with Liverpool vying for a spot in
the UEFA Champions League.
“Coming from someone like him it’s a massive compliment but that’s just something that could distract me from my football and I don’t want that to happen,” Henderson told Sky Sports.
“We’re just really focused on our football, and our agents will sort the other side of things out. Hopefully they can work something out soon, if not then we’ll just wait until the end of the season.
“It doesn’t really affect us as players. It’s not
really up to us – it’s up to the club and the
agent to sort something out, and we just focus on what we’re meant to do – that’s play
football.”
Henderson – scorer of three goals in all
competitions this season – has been tipped by
manager Brendan Rodgers to captain the club
once Gerrard departs for Los Angeles Galaxy at season’s end.
But the former Sunderland player is just
determined to help seventh-placed Liverpool
climb the table. “To be honest I haven’t thought about it at all because I don’t want it to affect what I’m doing for the team,” he said. “It’s up to the manager next season to choose who he thinks is right to be captain, but my focus is on helping the team to be successful this season, and that means winning trophies, trying to get into the top four and winning as many games as we can. At the end of the season we’ll see where we’re at.”
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