‘Liverpool are fortunate to have Jordan Henderson’ – Jamie Carragher backs summer signing to be an Anfield hit

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Jamie Carragher has backed Liverpool‘s youth-focused transfer policy and hailed new signing Jordan Henderson.

The former Black Cats midfielder signed for Liverpool in a deal thought to be worth up to £20 million including add-ons, but Carragher can see the sense in that fee given the youngster’s talent.

He told the Liverpool Echo: “Jordan is a great signing. I know one of the coaches at Sunderland who rates Jordan very highly.

“He had a great season with Sunderland and we’re fortunate to have got him. I think he will add real energy to our midfield.”

The Merseyside club have seemingly adopted a new policy of bringing in rising stars as opposed to established players and Carragher has backed the approach.

“The club now has a policy of focusing attention on young players and I think that’s the right way for clubs to go,” he continued.

“You want to develop a team and have players at the club for a long time. I think that approach will really benefit us.

“Things don’t always work out, but it’s much easier to move on a younger player who still has a decent sell-on value than someone in their 30s.”

As for the remainder of the transfer window, Carragher expects more deals to be conducted in the near future.

“It’s still very early and I didn’t expect too much to happen on the transfer front before now,” he said.

“Over the summer players, managers, chief executives and owners are all away on holiday.

“It’s only the start of July and with pre-season getting going next week I’m sure things will soon start moving.

“You often find that one deal sets it off and everything happens from there.

“I’m sure it will kick off over the next few weeks and hopefully we’ll get a couple more new faces in.”