JORDAN HENDERSON has announced his departure from Liverpool after 12 years.

The midfielder took to social media to give an emotional goodbye to the club and its supporters.

Jordan Henderson has confirmed his departure from Liverpool

He has already been spotted training with Saudi outfit Al-Ettifaq

Henderson, 33, is anticipated to be the newest European celebrity to go to Saudi Arabia.

He has already been seen exercising with Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq, and it is said that a deal worth £700,000 per week is on the table.

And the fact that the captain of Liverpool is leaving means that the deal is almost done.

On an Instagram post, he wrote: “It’s hard to put these last 12 years into words and it’s even harder to say goodbye. I will always be a Red. Until the day I die.

“Thank you for everything. You’ll never walk alone.”

The words were accompanied by a video showing Henderson’s greatest moments at the club including the Premier League and Champions League triumph.

In the video, he said: “I am not sure I have any words to sum up how I am feeling right now.

“I am in the dressing room for the last time and as you can imagine it is very emotional.

“I need to somehow explain what these last 12 years have felt for me and my family. I can still remember that night in June 2011 clearly.

“I was excited and then nervous as the move from Sunderland became reality.

“It was hard leaving there, I have to be honest. My home town, my club, but when Liverpool comes calling you don’t say no.

“Driving through those old Melwood gates, meeting Damien, the spinning feeling in my stomach, meeting Sir Kenny, it feels like yesterday.

Henderson will link up with former team-mate Steven Gerrard

“Looking back at that footage, I am just a kid. Who would imagine looking back at that night how the next 12 years would go.

“I can’t lie. There have been really hard times but when I look back at my career at Liverpool, it will always be the good times that I remember.

“Being the captain has been one of the greatest honours of my life.”

Henderson has met up with his new team-mates at their training camp in Croatia.

Footage from training shows Henderson has already taken part in a session with Al-Ettifaq.

He might make his professional debut on Thursday in a friendly game against North Macedonian Rabotnicki.

Henderson reportedly reached a three-year deal with the Saudi Pro League team that will keep them together through the summer of 2026.

He would be paid four times as much as he was at Liverpool, per the terms of the contract.

Henderson left Sunderland in 2011 and later joined Liverpool.

During his career on Merseyside, Henderson participated in 492 matches for Liverpool and won eight trophies.