The Manchester United record smashed by Liverpool legend Henderson at Ajax

Liverpool legend Jordan Henderson went under the spotlight in the last few hours after leaving Al Ettifaq to join Ajax during the January transfer market window, once the player would have been totally disappointed with his experience in Saudi football and desperate to return to the elite competitions.

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The Englishman, who terminated his contract including a three-year deal with the Damman-based club before joining Ajax, was unveiled by the Dutch club in the last few hours, having been announced as the new number 6 in the institution following an eighteen-month deal agreement with the club’s sporting direction.

In this sense, Jordan Henderson would have surprised the fans and the media in European football, as in just a few hours he would have smashed a record hold by a Manchester United former player at Ajax, as the Englishman engraved his name in club’s history to seal a massive arrival to his club.

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Jordan Henderson became the most popular Ajax arrival in club’s history

According to TNT Sports, in just a few hours, Jordan Henderson’s Ajax shirt is already the fastest-selling player shirt in the club's history, becoming more popular than previous record holders Daley Blind and Dusan Tadic. In fact, Henderson’s shirt would have sold more on the first day than the shirts of Blind and Tadic did in the first weeks of their respective arrivals from Manchester United and Southampton in 2018.