Jordan Henderson: Why Thomas Tuchel selected former Captain Liverpool in the FIRST England team, despite not calling for a year | Football news
The selection of Jordan Henderson became the main conversation of Thomas Tuchel in England, with the feeling of looking back, not ahead of the new boss of three Lions.
Henderson was the center of attention in the country and internationally since he was last elected to England back in November 2023, shortly after his controversial move to Saudi Pro League Al Its after release from Liverpool.
The current Ajax captain was already suppressed during the previous circle of international nodes when she was replaced in friendly Australia, but it was widely assumed that his international career was over after he failed to make any composition from March international friendly friend with Brazil and Belgium a year ago.
So why is Tuchel, a man with a little time to build a team who could win the World Cup next summer – when his contract as the main coach expires – he decided to put his faith in the 34 -year -old now?
“I wasn’t surprised [he was called up]”Ajax chief Francesco Farioli said Sky Sports following his choice. “He is a player who can bring many things.
“Age, passport, these are just factors, because with his mentality and his professionalism, this is not something that declines.
“Now England renovates and builds a new story, I think they definitely need such players, and especially human beings.”
Tuchel can and has already pointed to Henderson’s qualities as a team in the team, including 15 players with fewer than 10 senior caps, and most of his defense against the selection of a 34-year-old focused on his personal traits.
The former Liverpool skipper marked the “serial winner”, winning the Champions League and the Premier League at Anfield and said he raised standards around him. And not to mention his 81 English caps, the third only Kyle Walker and Harry Kane in the current composition.
This is something that was a sign of Hendersen’s career. Do not captail the Jurgen Klopp team unless you lead and lead with an example.
Nevertheless, this may not be enough to calm the frustration Adam Wharton, Kobbie Mainoo and Conor Gallagher had to have, especially when all three were appointed euros of 26 people for Euro last summer, and the latter scored against Real Madrid in the League of Champions League last week.
Henderson cannot claim to play by the same standard as any of that trio, or that it is at the same level as at its peak. But Tuchel is not a fool, and although the choice of midfielder is understandably divided, there is logic behind him.
In a team in England, which includes only three conventional central midfielders – and Jude Bellingham has barely played there since he joined the Real Madrid – there is a good chance that Henderson will get at least some time playing against Albania and Latvia during an international break.
Having this in mind, there is no chance that Tuchel chose Henderson only for his temperament, and his statistics in Eredivisie make an impressive reading this season.
Despite the fact that he has fallen into the role of NO 6, he plays more as an overall midfielder than ever-on winning the ball in his third regularly from almost any other central midfielder in the league, but also has the fourth highest rate of completed passages in the last third.
The Ajax team, which leads, sits six points clear at the top of Eredivisie, something that deserves more credit than he will get a special turn of the club’s wealth that endured such a tumultuous season in 2023/24.
Regardless of whether this can switch to renewed bridges with support in England at Wembley over the next week, there is a difficult question, but for now, Tuchel is a man.
