The man now in charge of the captain’s armband at Liverpool concedes he was made to feel not good enough by Suarez shortly after his arrival
Henderson admits he was “ready to kill” Luis Suarez shortly after his arrival at Anfield, with the striker considered to have been disrespectful on the training field.
The South American striker was signed by Liverpool during the January window of 2011.
Six months later and Henderson joined him at the club after making a big-money transfer move from Sunderland.
At just 20 years of age, the now Liverpool captain says he was not given the warmest of welcomes by Luis Suarez as he was left feeling “not good enough” by senior players.
Henderson, who has gone on to become a Champions League-winning player on Merseyside, told The Greatest Game with Jamie Carragher podcast of his early experiences: “I was trying to do the best I can do.
“Being a footballer, there is criticism and people doubting you all the time.At that time, I was a young player and there were one or two things Luis did in training that I didn’t like.
“It made me feel I wasn’t good enough to be in the same team in training. The arms were up like ‘what the f*ck, what is he doing’, like I shouldn’t be there.
“That really hurt me. He did it three times and then I exploded and I was ready to kill him.”
Henderson endured a tough start to his time with the Reds and came close to leaving for Fulham after just a year with the team.
Henderson added on his relationship with Suarez: “From that point, I had a good relationship with Luis. The next game I set him up for his goal.
“He was brilliant with me after that and I was really close to him after that and he was another big player I learned from.”
