Oliver Glasner claims Crystal Palace star Dean Henderson would deserve place in England's Euro 2024 squad
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has revealed he would back Dean Henderson's campaign for a place in England's Euro 2024 squad.
The 27-year-old goalkeeper was forced out of Gareth Southgate's Euro 2020 plans with a hip injury, and joined the Eagles last summer after a tumultuous spell at Manchester United, during which he claimed the club broke a promise to anoint him as their number one.
Henderson sat out the beginning of the current season with a thigh issue before making his league debut for Palace away at Manchester City in December, and battled Sam Johnstone for starts until the Eagles' first choice sustained a shoulder injury on England duty last month that requires surgery, looking likely to render him unavailable for this summer's Euros.
Asked if Henderson was deserving of the opportunity to replace his club-mate and secure a place on the plane to Germany, Glasner said: «I don't know what English goalkeepers could play for the national team, but yes, of course, with his performance he would deserve playing in [any] national team all over the world.
»But I don't give any advice to any international coach, because Gareth Southgate knows all the other goalkeepers better than I do, but I'm really pleased with the performance in the last weeks, because also when you see his personal situation, an injury, on the bench, starting, and right before we arrived [after Glasner's February appointment] he was on the bench again."
Henderson impressed former Palace boss Roy Hodgson when Johnstone went down with a calf injury in December, and remained Hodgson's man for four matches even after Johnstone re-joined the squad in January.
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