Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is confident that Jordan Henderson will improve under the Northern Irishman's new system.

The former Sunderland midfielder was criticised during his first full season at Anfield after failing to live up to his £16m price tag. However, Rodgers thinks that it is a matter of time before the England international settles into the first team.

"I look at the young kid Jordan Henderson who got a wee bit of stick last year but do you know what, this is a boy who was 21 years of age," Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo.

"He moves away from home, he is on his own and he has to be a world beater straight away. It was never going to happen. This kid can play football. If he is in a certain system - in an environment which is going to help him and educate him in the game - you will see that.

"The biggest thing for me that I've heard about Jordan is his attitude. He has got an incredible attitude. If you have got a player like that who has got the ability and the thirst to learn - he can run all day, he is physically good, he is strong, he is quick and you can remodel him."

Henderson made 48 appearances for the Reds last season and featured once for England during last month's European Championships.