Henderson’s contract was ended a 12 months early after Ajax missed out on the league title on the ultimate day of final season. The choice was reportedly pushed partially by the membership’s monetary difficulties, with Henderson their largest earner.
The 35-year-old was concerned in controversy throughout his 18 months on the membership.
On 30 January, Henderson performed in a 2-1 Europa League win in opposition to Galatasaray however refused to captain the facet or be a part of his team-mates of their purpose celebrations. Then-manager Francesco Farioli subsequently declined to touch upon hypothesis linking Henderson with a transfer to Monaco.
A number of days later, following a win in opposition to Feyenoord, Henderson received right into a heated alternate with Dutch soccer journalist Mike Verweij, who questioned whether or not the previous Liverpool captain had agitated for the transfer, which he denied.
Following the general public row, Henderson solely began an additional 9 video games. Throughout his time at Ajax, he began 30 league matches, finishing 90 minutes on 20 events.
Henderson will successfully fill the void left by Christian Norgaard at Brentford and he has massive footwear to fill. Since his Premier League debut in 2021, the Denmark midfielder has made an unrivalled 201 interceptions, whereas he additionally ranks second total for recoveries (844) and third for tackles received (189).
Henderson has maybe not performed as many full video games as he would have preferred since ending his controversial stint in Saudi Arabia to hitch Ajax in January 2024 however he has nonetheless been efficient in Amsterdam, albeit in a much less well-regarded league.
He created the joint-highest variety of probabilities of any Ajax participant within the Eredivisie final season. He additionally accomplished probably the most passes and crosses, and made probably the most tackles and interceptions mixed, of any Ajax midfielder.
