FORMER Liverpool team-mates Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane reunited in the Middle East ahead of their Saudi Pro League debuts this weekend.
Henderson, 33, left the Reds to join Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq last month in a move that will see him rake in £700,000-a-week.
Meanwhile, Mane departed Bayern for Al-Nassr following a difficult 12 months in Germany where he registered 12 goals and six assists in 38 games.
The Senegalese forward, 31, who is on a staggering £650,000-a-week, is set to start up front alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.
And the two Liverpool legends, who won the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup together on Merseyside, bumped into each other in Saudi – a year on from Mane’s Reds exit.
Henderson and Mane were thrilled to see one another ahead of the opening weekend of the Saudi Pro League.
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Al-Ettifaq and Al-Nassr face off on Monday.
But while they are set to be opponents, the pair embraced and beamed with smiles as they donned their respective kits.
And a startled Mane then added: “I can’t believe it.”
Both men have already featured for their respective clubs.
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Mane played in two Arab Club Champions Cup games, while Henderson was named as captain for an Al-Ettifaq friendly.
Al-Ettifaq finished 11th out of 16 teams in the Saudi Pro League table last season.
Al-Nassr came third, six points adrift of Nuno Espirito Santo’s champions Al-Ittihad.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
