Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has played down early talk of a move for Al-Ettifaq midfielder Jordan Henderson.

The former Liverpool captain is being linked with a January return to England.

Pochettino, asked about signing Henderson, said after their FA Cup win against Preston: "To be honest we didn't talk about names. At the moment we are not talking about bringing players.

"I saw Behdad (Eghbali) here in the manager's room with Paul (Winstanley) and Laurence (Stewart). I think tomorrow we are going to have a chat because we will be in the training ground. We didn't talk about names or talk about position, we didn't talk to bring players.

"For now, we are focusing on players like Andrey Santos to see what we are going to do."