Having captained Liverpool in three Champions League finals, spearheaded the club's first league title success in 30 years and reached the semi-final of the World Cup and final of the European Championships with England, it’s fair to say that Jordan Henderson has enjoyed quite the career.
In fact, there is every argument to be had once the dust settles on his Liverpool career that the midfielder, who was nearly ushered out of the exits of Melwood ten years ago, is perhaps the second-greatest captain Anfield has ever seen. Behind only the legendary Steven Gerrard, of course.
But despite all of the affection he has earned on Merseyside since his £20m switch from his boyhood club, Sunderland, in 2011, Henderson has never, for one reason or another, been accepted into the hearts of England supporters in the same way many of his colleagues have.
