Jordan Henderson is set to return to England by signing for Brentford on a free transfer. The former Liverpool captain left Ajax after deciding not to trigger a 12-month extension to his contract with the Dutch club. And Brentford have moved for the 35-year-old as they look for a replacement for Christian Norgaard, who has joined Arsenal.

New Brentford boss Keith Andrews sees Henderson as a key figure in the team’s rebuild. With Christian Norgaard off to Arsenal and a few other big names gone, Brentford needed someone to take charge in the middle. Who better than the man who lifted the Premier League, Champions League, and just about everything else in a Liverpool shirt?

Jordan Henderson has spent the last two years away from the Premier League with Al-Ettifaq and Ajax but the former Liverpool captain is now set to seal his return to the top flight with Brentford