Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain moved to Liverpool on deadline day

Henderson admits he’s delighted his England team-mate has joined him at Anfield following a £35m switch from Arsenal last week.

Oxlade-Chamberlain snubbed a move to Chelsea to choose Jurgen Klopp’s men instead and is now hoping to establish himself in midfield alongside Henderson for club and country.

He made no secret of the fact he despised being used as wing-back by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.

Now Henderson has taken a swipe at the under-fire Frenchman and insisted Reds boss Klopp is the man to get the most out of Oxlade-Chamberlain’s talents.

“I’m delighted he’s signed for Liverpool,” said Henderson, who will captain England against Slovakia tonight.

“At the end of the day, we are with England and our focus has got to be on the game against Slovakia.

“Then I’m sure we can start focusing on Manchester City and getting him into Melwood for his first session and stuff like that.

“He’s a fantastic player, he can adapt to each position and he gives you something different on the wing.

“He’s very direct and powerful and in the midfield he’s clever enough to get on the ball and get on the half turn so, for me, he can play in either position.

“You have seen Jurgen on the sidelines, he’s very passionate, what you see is a fantastic manager and I think he will help Alex a lot.

“He will help him develop as a player and hopefully you will see even more good things from him.”

Before welcoming Oxlade-Chamberlain to Merseyside, Henderson will focus on facing Slovakia knowing a win will push England to the brink of qualification for next summer’s World Cup in Russia.

Boss Southgate will be hoping his stars produce a more exciting performance than the drab win in Malta on Friday.

Despite winning 4-0, the Three Lions were toothless until the closing minutes and so bad for most of the game that travelling fans booed them before half time.

But Henderson has urged supporters to show a bit more more patience.

“You can understand it,” he said. “That’s totally their choice.

“They travel a long way and they want to see us scoring goals and creating a lot of chances.

“But sometimes in football it doesn’t always work out like that. You’ve got to be patient, you’ve got to be professional and I felt we did that and did the job in the end.

“When you’re jogging off the pitch you can hear it sometimes, but when you’re playing the game, you’re focused on what you need to do, how you need to break the team down and I thought the lads did that brilliantly.

“I felt in the second half we did a good job, scored some good goals and kept a clean sheet.

“So there’s still some positives to take from the game into the next one. Of course we have to thank the fans no matter what, because they travelled a long way to see us and support us.

“But I thought in the end it was a good result. It was a professional performance.”