Pranav Nair
Manchester United fans react as Dean Henderson withdraws from the England squad
According to the club’s official site, Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson has withdrawn from the England squad at the European Championship.
The 24-year-old’s departure has been forced upon him thanks to a hip injury. The United ace was not on the bench for England’s 1-0 win over Croatia in the Group D opener but that was initially said to be as a precaution.
The player was forced to train alone on Monday thanks to his injury. It decided that his involvement would be limited and that the best course of action is to return to United for assessment and rehabilitation.
Given that Jordan Pickford is England’s starting goalkeeper, Henderson is better off using the time to recover and recuperate for next season. Sheffield United star Aaron Ramsdale will now take Henderson’s place in the Three Lions squad.
It is not proving to be a good Euros for United’s English contingent. Mason Greenwood who was included in the extended 33-man preliminary squad was forced to withdraw thanks to underlying issues. Marcus Rashford, meanwhile, went into the tournament struggling with various niggles and is aware that surgery is imminent. Harry Maguire continues to recover from his injury while Luke Shaw is also nursing a wrist injury.
We now take a look at how United fans reacted to Henderson’s withdrawl below.
United fans react as Henderson withdraws from the England squad
Shaw, Maguire and Rashford would do the same in a perfect world. All have injury problems that could do with rest.
— Stephen (@Stephen11sw) June 15, 2021
Speedy recovery ❤️🩹 @deanhenderson
— Desmond Diamond (@DesmondHeitz) June 15, 2021
Rashford should do the same
— cj (@Utdchim) June 15, 2021
Manutd players getting injured every now and then, not a coincidence..
— FernandesHIVE❄️🔴 (@Utdpapi) June 15, 2021
Good, at least he gets to recover and recharge for next season. Guess twas not his time to shine for the #ThreeLions
— Eyez90👀 (@Eyez901) June 15, 2021
What are these lads doing in training at man utd making them so fragile
— Ferdinand Marcos (@HimselfFerdnand) June 15, 2021
speedy recovery 💪🏼 enjoy your holiday & hope to see you soon in pre season lad
— Rajiv United Nepal (@rajiv_nepal) June 15, 2021
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Thank goodness he withdrew like him Maguire and rashford should also do the same. I feel sorry for both of them them because they almost played everyother game. They are also humans like us. They need time to recover
— aditya kumar (@adityak20006) June 15, 2021
I hope he is back in time for the pre-season… We can’t have that shambles in goal this coming season 😔
— Boa Ngwenya (@BoaNgwenya) June 15, 2021
Get yourself back to @ManUtd. Recover and start training lad. We need you 100% for next season
— Moses Baya (@mosesbayac) June 15, 2021
