Jordan Henderson given green light for return to high-flying boyhood club Sunderland

Former England midfielder Henderson broke done astatine Sunderland earlier his trophy-laden clip astatine Liverpool and is present captaining Dutch giants Ajax successful Dutch football, but has been linked with a instrumentality to Wearside

Sunderland skipper Dan Neil has fixed the nine the greenish airy to bring England and Liverpool fable Jordan Henderson home.

The erstwhile Anfield skipper is reportedly unsettled astatine Ajax this play and unfastened to returning to England and his hometown club. Neil says Sunderland's “squad morale is done the roof” aft stretching their pb astatine the apical of the Championship with 3 wins successful 7 days including this ascendant decision of Oxford.

Henderson, 34, started his vocation successful the Premier League connected Wearside and could adhd captious acquisition to Regis Le Bris’s “fearless” broadside packed with teenagers including Jobe Bellingham and Chris Rigg. His spell with Saudi Arabia broadside Al-Ettifaq ended abruptly, and helium is captaining the Dutch giants.

Neil, who erstwhile sought proposal from Henderson portion connected England younker duty, said: “He is simply a apical prime player. He tin travel backmost present if helium wants! I’d beryllium a spot tense telling him what to do!

“The changing country is buzzing, the squad morale is done the roof. We are connected a momentum question astatine the minute.

“It has been fearless and everyone trying to physique their careers for a fewer years now. Jack Clarke, Amad Diallo, we are a young squad and fearless but besides mature for a young team. We are fearless due to the fact that we volition effort things successful attack, but mature successful presumption of erstwhile the crippled needs it we tin change.

“We are delighted with the start. We spell into games reasoning we volition instrumentality 3 points and that’s a bully mindset to beryllium in.

“But…devlis advocate, that momentum tin crash. Last twelvemonth we were sixth beating Preston New Year’s Day, and finished 17th. So the question connected the up is unbelievable, but erstwhile it goes down it is hard to crook around.

“Even turning it astir successful pre-season has not been easy. We worked connected fundamentals, a caller playing identity, everyone knows their jobs connected the transportation and has bought into it brilliantly. There is nary ‘I’s successful the team.”

Goals from Bellingham and Wilson Isidor made it 9 wins successful 12 league games and Neil added: “It is precise aboriginal on, a 4th of the season, truthful if we tin bash this 3 times over, we tin talk astir wherever we privation to spell successful the tally in.”

Oxford brag Des Buckingham saw Oxford’s champion onslaught ruined erstwhile the transportation sprinklers came connected successful the archetypal minute. He admitted: "We're uncovering the carnal demands astatine this level are higher and due to the fact that it's quicker you get little clip connected the ball."

"Sunderland are a bully young team, with vigor and skill. It's horrible to beryllium connected the extremity of it."

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