Adam Lallana has claimed no player is worthy of more success than Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson.

After helping Liverpool end their 30-year wait for a top-flight title, Henderson was named the Football Writers' Association's (FWA) Footballer of the Year on Friday.

The 30-year-old – who has scored four goals in the league this season – has been an influential force in Jurgen Klopp's midfield.

Henderson saw off competition from club-mates Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane, as well as Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne for the FWA award, but Lallana, whose six-year stay at Liverpool will come to an end after Sunday's final match of the campaign, believes the former Sunderland man is fully deserving of the plaudits.

"I've been alongside him in his dark moments, a couple of injuries he's had, and him being alongside me in my dark moments – injuries, it's not just defeats," an emotional Lallana, who used a specific example to demonstrate Henderson's commitment and drive, told Liverpool's official website.

"There was one morning, because we used to drive in a lot, me and Jordan. There was one defeat – Liverpool lost to Sevilla, or it was 3-3 but felt like a defeat.

"He must've wanted a conversation because he said he'd pick me up. Just hearing him say, as captain, that it can't happen, that he was responsible for that.