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Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has revealed he was brought to tears after learning Liverpool attempted to offload him at the start of the 2012-13 season.

The former Sunderland midfielder had arrived at Anfield in the summer of 2011 in a deal worth a reported £20m, but was one of a number of Kenny Dalglish signings who struggled to deliver as the Reds laboured to an eighth place finish.

With Brendan Rodgers arriving in 2012 and making signings of his own, Henderson was linked with a departure to Fulham as Liverpool looked to add Cottagers forward Clint Dempsey to their ranks.

He was given the option to stay and fight, though, completing a decade at Anfield last summer, and he credits Rodgers with helping give him the motivation and education to save his Reds career after fearing it was over almost as quickly as it had begun.

Rodgers had made Joe Allen one of his first Liverpool signings, and the presence of long-serving midfielders Steven Gerrard and Lucas Leiva alongside the new arrival meant Henderson would face a fight for minutes.

The former Sunderland man was involved in the Reds' Europa League campaign, though, and it was before one of those games that the manager broke the bad news to him.

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