Jordan Henderson TERMINATES contract at Saudi club Al-Ettifaq, six months after signing, as he flies home and agrees transfer to struggling Dutch champions Ajax – but faces a tax bill worth millions

Jordan Henderson has terminated his contract with Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq and flown back to England to complete negotiations over a shock move to Ajax. 

Mail Sport has learned that a termination agreement was made with Al-Ettifaq on Tuesday, with the England midfield player due in Amsterdam for a medical this weekend.

Henderson is set to join Ajax on a free transfer, but the move will cost him millions in tax after he chose to walk away from a three-year contract with Al-Ettifaq after just six months. 

The Saudi club are understood to have reluctantly agreed to let Henderson leave during negotiations at the club’s winter training camp in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, with the 33-year-old securing the crucial concession that they would not demand a fee.

Henderson has represented himself during the negotiations and is expected to conclude a deal with Ajax in the next few days. An agreement has yet to be reached on the length of his contract, but that is not thought to be a sticking point.

Henderson, 33, signed a deal worth £700,000-a-week but has never settled in Saudi Arabia 

It is understood Ajax are looking to offer him an 18-month deal with the option for a further 12, which could be tweaked into a permanent two-and-a-half year deal. 

A few details remain to be ironed out but if everything was to go to plan, he could end up making his debut at Heracles on January 27. 

Ajax have been favourites to sign Henderson since Mail Sport revealed 10 days ago that he was seeking to leave Saudi Arabia. 

The former Liverpool captain failed to settle at a club due to family reasons as well as discomfort with the climate, while was also concerned about losing his place in the England squad for this summer’s European Championship.

Several Premier League clubs expressed interest in signing Henderson, but would only…