<text>  Jordan Henderson can become one of the great international players if he starts to add more goals to his game, according to England manager Roy Hodgson. Hodgson believes that the Liverpool midfielder, who takes on Manchester United on Sunday and is tipped to take over the captaincy from Steven Gerrard next season, is only a step away from becoming an exceptional player, with the England manager delighted at Hendersons progress after he was lambasted for picking Henderson for Euro 2012. Hodgson said: His rise has been fairly meteoric as well. It wasnt so long ago that I picked him for Euro 2012 and that decision was vilified. People were saying he wasnt getting into the Liverpool team and he was being described as a waste of money. Roy Hodgson believes Jordan Henderson could become one of the great international players . The England manager wants Henderson to start adding more goals to his game . Then he went to the Under-21 tournament a year later and got an awful lot of criticism captaining the England Under-21 team. No-one had a good word to say about him. So his rise has been quite meteoric, even though hes been round a long time. Its only the last year that people are starting to say: Actually, this boys a good player. This lad has a lot of qualities. And of course I think, as time goes on, the responsibility hes been given at Liverpool now by Brendan will help him. Liverpools success will rub off on him as well as hes been an important part of it. I think well see him get better and better and thats what we hope. He ceratinly has enough qualities that I dont think he needs to be hung up on goal-scoring. Hell always be around the national team for the many other qualities he has. If he starts to add goals as well, then youre talking about someone who is exceptional. Henderson has scored some crucial goals for Liverpool, including the winner at Swansea . Henderson right in training as Liverpool prepare to take on rivals Manchester United on Sunday . And though Hodgson hopes that Henderson does succeed Steven Gerrard as Liverpool captain, he says it wont make any difference to his role in the England team, where he is already considered one of the senior players. If Brendan does make him captain, great and well all be happy. If he doesnt it wont affect his leadership qualities as far as Im concerned. Hes in our leadership group. Hell still be someone who needs to take on leadership responsibilities when he comes to England. If he does that, coming as Wayne Rooney does, as captain of his club team, thats great. If he doesnt because Brendan chooses someone else that doesnt affect me. 