Jordan Henderson holds crisis talks with Ajax chiefs after threatening to go on strike

According to sources successful Holland, erstwhile Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson had threatened to spell connected onslaught if they did not let him to determination to France during a heated telephone call

Jordan Henderson is acceptable to enactment astatine Ajax pursuing clear-the-air talks - aft helium was stripped of the captaincy for Thursday's Europa League clash with Galatasaray.

Henderson met with method manager Alex Kroes and wide manager Menno Geelen successful the dressing country instantly aft the Dutch club’s 2-1 triumph and aft beardown words from some sides, the erstwhile Liverpool midfielder accepted that helium volition not beryllium released from the remaining 18 months of his declaration to articulation Monaco.

According to sources successful Holland, the 34-year-old had threatened to spell connected onslaught if they did not let him to determination to France during a heated telephone call.

He reported for work arsenic required and was initially named arsenic skipper - lone for manager Francesco Faroili to determine to manus the armband to keeper Remco Pasveer conscionable earlier kick-off. Henderson was substituted aft 75 minutes aft suffering cramp.

TV cameras spotted however helium failed to observe erstwhile Bertrand Traore and Kian Fitz-Jim scored Ajax’s goals and refused to articulation a thigh of honour astatine the John Cruyff Arena with his team-mates.

Henderson admitted helium had made a mistake during talks with Kroes and Geelan and they decided to gully a enactment nether the episode.

Monaco’s connection of a accidental to play successful the Champions League and slope a tax-free wage that would beryllium a large betterment connected the £90,000-a-week wages helium earns with Ajax was a tempting one.

But Ajax felt they deserved immoderate loyalty conscionable a twelvemonth aft they rescued Henderson from Al-Ettifaq pursuing his nonaccomplishment to settee successful the Saudi Pro-League. The midfielder struggled for signifier and fittingness connected his accomplishment astatine the nine but has been a cardinal performer this season.

After quality of his tendency for a determination circulated, erstwhile subordinate Wesley Sneijder criticised the ex-Liverpool star, telling him to "be a man".

"Don't beryllium truthful difficult," helium said. "You conscionable play that lucifer with the armband connected and past you say, 'Yeah guys, I don't cognize yet'. Something is going on. We'll spot what happens tomorrow," Sneijder said.

"Be a antheral and basal up. Right present you get each this speculation and you make unrest. It could person been overmuch calmer if helium had conscionable worn the [captain's] armband. I find it precise strange."

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