Position: CMF/RMF
Age: 21
Previous Club: Sunderland FC
2010/2011 stats: 37 games 3 goals 4 assists
International Cap: England- 1 Cap
Transfer fee: 20M
Liverpool's 1st summer signing is the shocking 20M acquisition of young England talented midfield Jordan Henderson, who has been relatively unproven in the top level. What has made Liverpool willing to spend 20M on a young unproven player? Jordan Henderson has made premiership debut in 2009/2010 season and took little time to impress Sunderland to make him starting midfield in the 2010/2011 season in which he has produced impressive performance that earned him an international cap for England senior level. Henderson is high-energy, box-to-box midfield in the mood of Gerrard and Lampard. Henderson doesn't have a particular strength in his game, but is rather seen as a complete midfield who can contribute in different areas for the team. He still needs to improve many areas in his game, such as finishing skills. However, his all-actioned diligent game and intelligent positional sense allow him to advance to dangerous areas. In fact, in 2010/2011 season, Henderson was 5th in the premiership in scoring chance creation!
Although Henderson can also play as a right wing, his best position is central midfield as shown in his impressive displays for different junior levels for England national team. However, since Liverpool currently possess many talents in the central midfield, Henderson may be given more playing chance in the right midfield position. Many people believe Liverpool see Henderson as the heir of captain Gerrard as many see Henderson has potential to be new Gerrard in the future. For now, Henderson will be the under-study for Gerrard. 20M high transfer fee definitely is paid for the future, but Henderson should be ready to contribute whenever he got his chance.
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