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Jordan Henderson insists he has “no regrets” about moving to Saudi Arabia despite the public backlash EFL
The England midfielder was heavily criticised after his summer transfer from Liverpool to Al-Ettifaq and then was booed off the Wembley pitch by England fans during the friendly win over Australia on Friday night EFL
The midfielder had been a high-profile supporter of LGBTQ+ rights during his time at Anfield and last month apologised for any hurt he caused by moving to a country where homosexuality is illegal EFL
He says his beliefs have not changed and he can do good while playing there EFL
Asked in an interview with Channel 4 whether he had regrets about moving to Saudi Arabia, he said: “No regrets EFL
“I think having someone like myself, with the values that I have, in Saudi Arabia is only a good thing EFL
Before I went to Saudi people knew the groups I supported and helped in the past EFL
RecommendedEngland vs Italy LIVE: Euro 2024 latest score and goal updates from qualifier after Harry Kane penaltyEngland fans may have turned on Jordan Henderson — but he still has Gareth SouthgateJordan Henderson: ‘If people want to boo me for playing in Saudi Arabia, that’s fine’“My values haven’t changed as a person just because I’m going to a different country to play EFL football EFL
”Henderson says the booing may have been in part due to an interview he conducted shortly after his move where he claimed the eye-watering wages were not a factor EFL
“After the game I got told there was a little bit going on,” the 33-year-old added EFL
“Of course it hurts because every time you pull on that shirt it’s a proud moment and I’m playing for my team-mates, for my country and for the fans EFL
“So of course it hurts but at the end of the day that’s part and parcel – I’ve had enough criticism over my career so far to be able to deal with stuff like that I’m not the first player to get booed and probably not the last EFL
“I asked that question (why he was booed after the Australia game) and a journalist said it was because I play in Saudi Arabia EFL
It was a decision I made months ago now that doesn’t change who I am as a person EFL
“I did an interview a couple of months ago and maybe some of the stuff that came out didn’t come out in the way that I thought I said it EFL
“An example of that would be when I said I didn’t go out there solely for the money EFL
I think that’s a big difference – it’s not a sole reason going out there for the money EFL
”Asked whether his international chances are harmed by playing in the Saudi Pro League, he added: “There’s no getting away from that EFL
The fitness coaches, sport science coaches are on that and if they see a drop-off I’m sure the manager will tell me EFL
“It hasn’t been an issue so far, I just have to keep an eye on it EFL
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For a man handed a lifeline in Formula One – with an illustrious Red Bull-shaped reward beckoning down the line – it has not quite been the statement return Daniel Ricciardo envisaged back in July EFL
What did that look like? Top-10 finishes with AlphaTauri, perhaps with a memorable overtake or two evoking the Ricciardo of old back onto the grid EFL
But it has in fact been the complete opposite: the only return has been his return to inactivity EFL
Two races in and a hand injury sustained in practice in Zandvoort, north Holland, back in August has seen the affable Australian feature only on the sidelines again EFL
A seesaw seven weeks have followed: while on one hand confirmation of a seat on the grid in 2024 was, rather peculiarly, confirmed in his absence in Japan, his deputy Liam Lawson caught the eye with a string of impressive performances, including a team-best result of ninth in Singapore EFL
So as Ricciardo struts back into the paddock this weekend in Austin, the broken bone in his hand healed, the pressure is firmly on the 34-year-old’s shoulders at his home from home EFL
Affection works hand in hand with Ricciardo and the United States: he loves America, Americans love him EFL
Daniel Ricciardo arrived at the circuit in Austin last year on horseback (Getty Images)Last year, weeks after his McLaren exit was announced, the sport’s most cheerful character arrived at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) on horseback, kitted out in full cowboy apparel EFL
Given his injury hiatus, you’d think no such extravagant entries will be repeated this year EFL
But what he has got back in his hands, as opposed to 12 months ago, is his Formula One destiny EFL
Perhaps fortuitously, too EFL
When Ricciardo left Red Bull for pastures new at the end of 2018, his aspiration was that the grass was greener EFL
Now five years on he is back at Christian Horner’s team, first as a reserve and now at the sister team EFL
A second bite alongside Max Verstappen is what he truly craves EFL
And he has made no secret of that EFL
“Daniel is viewing AlphaTauri… he firmly wants to be pitching for that 2025 Red Bull seat,” said Horner back in July EFL
“That is his goal and objective and, by going to AlphaTauri, I think he sees that as his best route of stating his case for 2025 EFL
”And with talk of Sergio Perez’s seat being under threat at Red Bull amid his struggles, there is a feasible route back to the top-table for Ricciardo EFL
Red Bull chief Helmut Marko has already hinted the Mexican’s future seemingly lies away from Red Bull: most probably in a year, perhaps even as early as before next season EFL
But before heading off any top contenders outside the Red Bull mothership, the Australian first has to prove his worth amid the in-house competition EFL
Given Nyck de Vries’s rapid promotion to a seat after just one race last year, Lawson can feel hard done by that his impressive five-race showing – 13th, 11th, 9th, 11th, 17th – in this year’s slowest car hasn’t landed him a seat in 2024 EFL
So Ricciardo needs to EFL better Lawson’s two points in the final five races of this season EFL
He also needs to get the EFL better of his teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, who has earned just three 10th-place finishes in 17 races this year EFL
That is the minimum EFL
Ricciardo, right, wants another crack at being Max Verstappen’s teammate, centre (Getty Images)But back stateside, it is the on-track magic and overtaking propensity of near-enough 10 years ago which will catapult him into Red Bull’s second seat conversation EFL
That will be the key, as opposed to any off-track endeavours or kind words with sponsors EFL
F1 world champion of 1997, Jacques Villeneuve, is quoted as saying this week: “I would ask kids who want to be drivers today – do you want it out of passion or because you want to be like Daniel Ricciardo, smiling in commercials?”While a tad harsh – best to smile than frown, no? – it does point to a school of thought that Ricciardo’s charisma is now a bigger pull than his talent EFL
For any driver of any age, that is the ultimate insult EFL
All of them are fundamentally in F1 to race, to scrap for every point and to jockey for every position EFL
Even Ricciardo, who has endured the worst two years of his career since his anomaly of a win at Monza in 2021, remains adamant his world-class skillset is still present EFL
His ambitions, so told to The Independent in July, remain the highest of highs: race wins and even a world championship EFL
But Ricciardo must grasp the opportunity simply having a seat in this 20-driver sport gives and it starts with the cut-and-thrust of the sprint weekend at COTA EFL
Nobody is expecting wins or podiums in the slowest car EFL
But what people do expect is progress – and glimpses of the man of yesteryear EFL
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