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Henderson's furious conversation with Dutch journalist revealed after Ajax controversy

Ansser Sadiq
Henderson's furious conversation with Dutch journalist revealed after Ajax controversy
Henderson's furious conversation with Dutch journalist revealed after Ajax controversy Tribal Football
Former Liverpool star Jordan Henderson clashed with a journalist who questioned him about his nearly transfer to Monaco. 

The midfielder played the full 90 minutes and captained the side in their 2-1 victory over Feyenoord on Sunday. 

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Despite signing with Ajax just a year ago, he reportedly pushed for a free transfer to Monaco, even threatening to stop playing. 

The Dutch journalist began: "Can you say why you wanted to make a transfer to Monaco?" To which Henderson replied: "Based on what?" A back and forth then developed between the duo, which Mirror Football will now lay out in a transcript. 

Journalist: "The coach has just told us you wanted to go to Monaco." 

Henderson: "The coach has told you I wanted to go to Monaco?" 

J: "Yes because you had a big offer." 

H: "Because I had a big offer? That's not true." 

J: "That's not true?" 

H: "Yeah." 

J: "Did Ajax tell you they wanted to sell you?" 

H: "Did Ajax say they wanted to sell us? Well they were negotiating so I'd imagine they did yeah." 

J: They were negotiating with Monaco? 

H: "For a fee yeah." 

J: Did you want a free transfer? 

H: "No, no, they were negotiating a fee. But again, it's not about the details, I'm not giving you details. I know the truth, I know what happened, I'm not here to give you details. I'm just here to tell you from my side." 

J: "You're saying it's not true, can you give details on your negotiation with Ajax?" 

H: "No. I don't need to. You can though, it sounds like you can anyway. It was untrue." 

J: "What was untrue?" 

H: "Ninety-nine percent of it." 

J: "Yeah but what, give an example?" 

H: "What part, the bit before the game or the bit after?" 

J: How did he (Ajax boss Francesco Farioli) convince you to stay?" 

H: "It wasn't him. And he didn't need to convince us." 

J: "Who convinced you to stay?" 

H: "Nobody convinced us. Again you're going into detail, it's not about the detail." 

J: "You know the details, give us the details, if you tell us it's not true." 

H: "No, no, no. I don't need to. I don't need to sit here and defend. Because of my behaviour, in what way?" 

J: "Because of you not being a captain on Thursday. Not celebrating the second goal." 

H: "But you don't know the information. I've just explained this." 

J: "Not thanking the crowd?" 

H: "I clapped the crowd. I clapped the crowd when I went off."