Live Bar on August 5th, manager sostgate of sheinglan said that he could understand why Jordan Henderson was criticized by LGBTQ + gay activists for going to Saudi Arabia to play football. He doesn’t think Henderson is changing his view of his beliefs, so now people are in a very complicated world. They will not be excluded from the national team according to where the players play. We have to see how they play and have an idea about what the league will look like, but I don’t know what will happen until I really start watching the game.
“I think it is very complicated,” Southgate told Talksport, “I will not judge anyone, whether they are in football or any other industry. I don’t think Henderson is changing his view of his beliefs, so now we are in a very complicated world. What we are talking about, for example, should no one go to Newcastle? No one is working for a company owned by Saudis in London? Or should no one buy oil from Saudis?”
Henderson has always been a long-term supporter of LGBTQ + rights, while homosexual acts are illegal in Saudi Arabia and may be sentenced to death. Pride in Football, a British group of LGBT + fans, said that the midfield player “lost the respect of many people who valued and trusted him”.
Southgate said: “I fully understand your support for the views of the LGBTQ group, and I can also understand why they have strong views on this. I think it’s hard to say, you know, did Henderson say that he no longer supports that organization? Well, no, he is not, but of course people will say that his behavior is the opposite.”
Will the match in the Middle East affect Henderson’s position in England? Southgate: “It’s stupid for us to do that. Why should we exclude the players according to where they play? We have to see how they play. We have an idea about what this league will look like, but we won’t know until we really start watching the game.”
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