After Jordan Henderson lifted the Premier League trophy at Anfield on Wednesday night, The Times' chief football writer Henry Winter pays tribute to the captain in a special column for Liverpoolfc.com...
When Steven Gerrard posted that old picture on Instagram of him placing the captain’s armband on Jordan Henderson’s arm, it quickly racked up more than 800,000 likes - and counting.
Gerrard wrote of how he couldn’t have passed it to a better person. It was a typically generous tribute from Gerrard to celebrate the title but what also stands out in the photo is the pride in Henderson’s eyes as he receives the captaincy.