Pundit says he wouldn’t want to play with £140k-a-week Liverpool man

Liverpool currently have seven players in Qatar with their respective nations at the World Cup.

They’ve all now nearly all secured their place in the knockout stages, meaning they won’t be joining up with the rest of the squad any time soon.

A number of Jurgen Klopp’s key players are away from the rest of the squad right now, who will travel to Dubai next week.

Included in those players are arguably his two biggest leaders; Virgil van Dijk and Jordan Henderson.

Van Dijk is finally appearing at a major tournament with the Netherlands, who were unbeaten in Group A.

Henderson’s England side avoided them in the knockout stages after starting his first match of the campaign against Wales.

Ashton was speaking about Liverpool’s skipper, and said he wouldn’t want to play with Henderson.

He talked about how he acted on the pitch during England’s 3-0 win, and in particular Henderson’s interactions with Phil Foden.

Ashton wouldn’t want to play with Henderson

“He’d do my head in to play with him [because he shouts so much]!” Ashton said.

“We had great seats, and he was right there, and he was absolutely screaming at Phil Foden at times, both good and bad.

“If he didn’t quite close down enough, he screamed at him. When he did close down, it was so loud.

“I guess that’s what he brings, he brings that intensity, he brings that level of competitiveness all of the time.

“Sometimes we can lack that, with that slowness he’s the one trying to lift everybody, to get them going.

“I probably wouldn’t enjoy playing with him because of that, but it’s great to watch, and I like to see it from an England player.

“He’s got that real passion, he doesn’t want this to settle, he doesn’t like this tempo, and he was trying to gee the lads up.”

Bellingham has been linked with Liverpool recently, and Liverpool fans got a glimpse of how they could line up together in the future.

Henderson has always been a leader on the pitch, and orchestrates play from the centre of the park.

Ashton might not have wanted to play with Henderson in fear of being constantly berated.

But the 32-year-old is happy to dish out praise as well as instructions, and reads the game brilliantly.