Crystal Palace news: Dean Henderson contract details, injury return date revealed

By Oliver Thomas | 16 Sep 2026 15:50, Last updated: 16 Sep 2026 15:50

Crystal Palace person announced that goalkeeper Dean Henderson has signed a declaration hold with the club.

The 29-year-old has committed his aboriginal to Selhurst Park until June 2030, extending his woody by a further 2 years.

It is understood that Henderson’s caller woody volition marque him the club’s highest-paid player, underlining his value arsenic an integral first-team subordinate and person successful Pierre Sage’s side.

Henderson was signed by Palace from Manchester United successful 2023 for astir £20m and helium has since made 119 appearances for the Eagles crossed each competitions, keeping 38 cleanable sheets.

The England planetary became Palace’s skipper pursuing the departure of Marc Guehi and was a cardinal fig successful the Eagles broadside that won the Conference League trophy past season, a twelvemonth aft lifting the club’s first-ever FA Cup.

Despite reported involvement from Oliver Glasner’s Nottingham Forest successful the summer, Henderson is present looking guardant to spending the premier years of his vocation astatine Crystal Palace.

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“I’m delighted. It’s been an astonishing 3 years – and I’m conscionable truthful blessed to widen my contract,” Henderson told the club’s authoritative website. “My champion years are successful beforehand of maine and I’m blessed to beryllium giving that to Crystal Palace.”

Chairman Steve Parish added: "As good arsenic being an outstanding goalkeeper, Dean is our skipper and person and I’m perfectly delighted that helium has extended his declaration astatine Crystal Palace. Here's to adjacent much palmy years ahead."

Henderson’s caller woody comes a mates of months aft midfielder Daichi Kamada decided to widen his contract by an further 12 months until the extremity of the 2026-27 season.

Henderson targeting instrumentality from wounded aft planetary break

Palace’s No.1 is presently sidelined with an ankle wounded that forced him to miss Palace’s 3-2 location decision to Ipswich Town successful the Premier League past weekend.

Henderson is expected to beryllium near retired of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad for their UEFA Nations League run dispersed crossed a two-week planetary interruption successful September and October.

He volition besides miss Palace’s opening Europa League fixture against Lech Poznan connected Thursday, but helium is scheduled to instrumentality to afloat fittingness aft the planetary interruption and could truthful diagnostic against Nottingham Forest successful the Premier League connected October 11.

Henderson had been playing done the symptom astatine the opening of this season, but having an further fewer weeks to retrieve should basal successful bully stead up of a engaged fixture docket aft the planetary break.