Jordan Henderson will lead Ajax against Heerenveen today.

The former Liverpool captain will wear the armband in the absence of Steven Bergwijn.

Ajax's young midfielder Kenneth Taylor has said of his new teammate: "Jordan's presence in the team and dressing room is huge. Everyone can tell he has played at top level in Europe and in England for years. Jordan is a leader and a coach on the pitch in such a good and natural manner.

"He is constantly supporting young players, he sees things quicker than others and tells us how to anticipate all the time.

"That is already resulting in a more fluent playing style. Simple things are now stuck in the head of the players, which creates a lot of automatic things in our game. I love all that."