Chelsea are working to sign midfielder Jordan Henderson from Brentford.The Stamford Bridge club are the leading contenders to sign Henderson, with multiple Premier League sides interested in a move for the 36-year-old.Brentford are ready to grant Henderson a free transfer, with the situation amicable between the England international and his club, where he has a year remaining on the terms he signed when he joined as a free agent from Ajax last summer.Henderson was part of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad at the World Cup this summer, but suffered a broken left arm after slipping while climbing over an advertising board during his side’s win at the Estadio Azteca and had to have surgery. Having made one substitute appearance in England’s final group-stage game, he remained with the team after surgery as they lost to Argentina in the semi-finals.After focusing on the recruitment of younger players in recent seasons, Chelsea have been looking at more experienced names this summer. Earlier on Monday, The Athletic reported that they were exploring a move for Brighton & Hove Albion striker Danny Welbeck, 35, while they previously targeted Sunderland midfielder Granit Xhaka, seeing an £8m offer for the 33-year-old turned down. Chelsea have also expressed interest in the 32-year-old John Stones.Chelsea have allowed one midfielder to depart this summer, with Andrey Santos joining Manchester United in a deal worth up to £50million ($66.5m).How Chelsea won the race for Morgan RogersDavid OrnsteinHenderson made 22 league starts for Brentford last season, appearing a further 10 times as a substitute. He had played 57 games for Ajax between 2023 and 2025.The England international came through the academy at Sunderland before joining Liverpool in 2011. Henderson spent 12 seasons at Anfield, becoming Liverpool captain and lifting the Premier League and Champions League while making 492 appearances in all competitions. He then made a controversial switch to Al Ettifaq in the summer of 2023 — the move to Saudi Arabia attracting criticism given his previous support for the LGBTQ+ community and the fact that homosexuality is illegal in the Gulf nation — which he defended in an interview with The Athletic.