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title: "Liverpool fans left aghast as Jordan Henderson set for lengthy injury layoff"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-fans-aghast-jordan-henderson-injury-news-12-weeks/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-02-24T16:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-02-24T16:00:00Z"
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# Liverpool fans left aghast as Jordan Henderson set for lengthy injury layoff

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/02/24/james-pearce-believes-time-is-up-for-divock-origi-at-liverpool/) fans might have hoped that the worst of the injury crisis was behind them this season as all [three senior centre-backs were ruled out](https://talksport.com/football/827500/joel-matip-liverpool-van-dijk-gomez-ben-davies-kabak-injury/#:~:text=J%C3%BCrgen%20Klopp%20has%20confirmed%20Joel,to%20an%20ankle%20ligament%20injury.&text=Liverpool's%20resources%20in%20central%20defence,due%20to%20serious%20knee%20injuries.) for the remainder of the campaign in January.

How wrong they were, as Reds captain [Jordan Henderson](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/02/24/jordan-henderson-could-miss-four-to-six-weeks-as-a-best-case-scenario/) is [reportedly](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9294505/Liverpools-injury-crisis-deepens-captain-Jordan-Henderson-faces-12-WEEKS-groin-problem.html) set to miss the remainder of the Premier League season with a [groin injury](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/12224073/jordan-henderson-liverpool-captain-limps-off-injured-against-everton-in-merseyside-derby)suffered in the Merseyside derby, symptomatic of the team’s plight in recent months.

> Twitter: BREAKING: Latest news suggest Jordan Henderson is set to miss 12 weeks of action because of the groin injury he pic… https://t.co/fXvwmyjukT (@AnythingLFC\_)

Seldom has one squad [suffered so many devastating injury setbacks](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-injuries-news-jota-fabinho-18850112) throughout the course of a single campaign, with lengthy layoffs to summer signings [Diogo Jota and Thiago](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-injuries-news-jota-fabinho-18850112) also blighting the season.

A host of dejected Kopites reacted on [social media](https://twitter.com/AnythingLFC_/status/1364537793159065602) to the news of Henderson’s injury woes and the general consensus wasn’t one of positivity…

> Twitter: @AnythingLFC\_ Unbelievable… I’ve never known anything like the injury crisis we have ![😅](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f605.svg) (@AdamLFC87)

> Twitter: @AnythingLFC\_ Pretty much numb to anymore injuries now, the whole season has been 1 step forward and 2 steps back.… https://t.co/fWbdxfUEli (@JamieLFC901)

> Twitter: @AnythingLFC\_ Season is over for Hendo. Gutted. (@Ronnie48873077)

> Twitter: @AnythingLFC\_ Of course he is. Never just a 2 week thing (@jpwred316)

> Twitter: @AnythingLFC\_ Lord have mercy please (@JossGowar)

> Twitter: Nah I’m done with this season.. https://t.co/nMhkK16ztg (@CHADO\_K\_)