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After Shrewsbury, Henderson spent two seasons on loan at Sheffield United, helping them to promotion from the Championship and a ninth-place Premier League finish.

Impressed with his success at Bramall Lane, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made him part of the 2020-21 first-team squad.

At the time Henderson appeared set to become the next number one at Old Trafford.

He made his senior England debut against the Republic of Ireland in November 2020, and started 10 of United's final 12 Premier League games that season.

"There was a growing feeling De Gea would be moved on that summer," said BBC Sport's chief football news reporter Simon Stone.

"Henderson thought he had been promised he would become United's number one in 2021-22.

"Solskjaer never said so publicly so no-one knew what the situation was, and then Henderson caught Covid-19 a week or so before the next season started.

"The virus lingered for a while, by which time De Gea had started the season, had done well in a winning team and kept his place.

"It all unravelled in the space of five Premier League games in a month.

Just over a year later he was allowed to join Crystal Palace permanently, on a five-year deal worth up to £20m.

"New United manager Erik ten Hag made it pretty clear that ultimately he wanted Andre Onana as his first-choice keeper so there was never any chance Henderson would stay as he felt he should be number one," added Stone.

"He actually made quite a few mistakes at Forest, so I never got the impression United felt they had made a mistake by letting him go."


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