Jordan Henderson opens up on emotional Liverpool 'break up' and how he couldn't watch them

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Henderson said: “It was a really tough period when I left Liverpool, I was there for a long period of time, 12 years.“Leaving Liverpool itself was huge and really difficult and at any point it was going to be hard because it had been my life for so long and then it is just gone like that… so I have struggled for a period after that.“No, I couldn’t watch a lot of games, I certainly couldn’t watch Liverpool. I didn’t watch a lot of Premier League stuff then… probably picked the right place for that, I was half way around the world!“Yeah, it was tough but when you leave Liverpool because I was there for so long because I had such an attachment and I dedicated a large part of my life there, when I left I found it really difficult and I suppose whatever I did or wherever I went…“I don’t know what it felt like, it felt like a break-up, it was just difficult and I think if you asked a lot of players when they left a club, not just Liverpool but when you have been at a club for so long and you have that attachment to them whether you retire or move on.“I think for a period of time that was hard but within time things change, you move on but I would say that was probably the most difficult time.”Henderson's Liverpool exit looked like it may spell the end of his international career, and he didn't make Gareth Southgate's squad for Euro 2024.

For me, I suppose it’s part and parcel of who I am. And I suppose it is not bad to come through stuff like that in the end when you could come out the other side and look back.“Of course there will be tough moments, and I am not going to lie, over the past couple of years, I have had some tough moments.

But when you come out the other side, you look back, you think you learn a lot about yourself and it makes you stronger, makes you think differently and if you use it in the right way, it can help you and that is all I have ever tried to do.“Of course I am not perfect and I have made mistakes in the past, throughout my career. That’s what I’ve done wherever I have been.“Looking back, that is something I have always probably needed.