Jordan Henderson's former teammate Darren Bent has revealed an extraordinary training ground story from the midfielder's journey to the top.
Liverpool captain Henderson picked up the 'England Player of the Year' award last night after a remarkable 2019.
But it was back in his Sunderland days when Bent was alerted to his incredible attitude towards football.
Bent was an established Premier League striker at the Stadium of Light, while Henderson was a teenager on the brink of the first team.
One training session, to Bent's astonishment, Henderson had to be withdrawn because his stats were "too high".
“He is the only guy I have trained with and played with that got pulled out of training because their heart rate was too high", Bent told TalkSport.
"All the years I have trained and played, he was the only player where the manager had to pull him out of training because the manager was like ‘Listen, you red zone stats are way too high, you are going to have a heart attack if you carry on’.”
Henderson went on to sign for Liverpool in a £20million deal in 2011, and has thrived under Jurgen Klopp, thoroughly embracing his high-energy philosophy.
