4 Liverpool players who have successfully changed their playing position under Jurgen Klopp

#3 Jordan Henderson

Henderson moved to #6 role under Klopp

Ahead of the 2016/17 season, Jurgen Klopp shifted Liverpool’s formation from 4-2-3-1 to 4-3-3. However, during the preseason, the lineup he used was baffling as the team had three players who were attacking midfielders and one who played as a box to box midfielder.

Later on, it became evident that Klopp changed the position of the players and Jordan Henderson operated as the #6 with Adam Lallana and Gini Wijnaldum playing on either side of him. This was the same midfield he used in the first league game of the 2016/17 season.

Klopp had Lucas Leiva and Emre Can in the squad and both players were capable of playing as a #6 but he preferred to use the Liverpool skipper because of his ability to keep the ball ticking and in possession.

Henderson was not just leading the passing statistics in the Premier League, he was bossing it! He was the first player to attempt over 2000 passes in the league and he reached that figure in just 24 games. Sadly, he only played that many games in 2016/17 due to injury.

Although ten players made more passes than Henderson by the end of the 16/17 season, none of them bettered his passes per 90 minutes which was an incredible 89.62!

Incredibly, around a quarter way into the 2016/17 season, Henderson led the league in touches, passes, tackles and distance covered!

Moving Henderson to a defensive midfield role has helped Liverpool and England in recent years.