Henderson eager to help team

“I don’t just do it for its own sake,” added Henderson. “I do it because I feel as though it can help. The more people you have on the pitch that are talking and communicating then the easier it is really.”

“You need people who are vocal on the pitch to give information at different times of the game.

“Coaching younger players and coach them within the game - what you want them to do as a team, what we’ve been working on.

“I try to do that as best I can.”

Henderson has plenty of wisdom to impart having captained Liverpool all the way to the Champions League final last season.

Jurgen Klopp’s side slipped to a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid in Kiev before Henderson joined up with an England squad which would go on to surprise many onlookers by reaching the last four in Russia.

He may have learnt a lot from those near misses but the main thing Henderson takes from coming so close to two major honours is the feeling to put it right when next given the opportunity.

“I think it always stays with you, those moments,” he said.

“It gives you even more motivation to then keep going, keep wanting to be in that position again to make it right, and go that final step really.

“It’s definitely an extra motivation that I use.

“Maybe I had a little taste of it playing in finals but I haven’t really managed to win the big trophies, and now that’s the next step really.

“I don’t really look at it (the experience) as a benefit for me, I look at it as a benefit for the team more than anything.