Thierry Henry is one of the best strikers in the world today. Has won every competition except the Champions League, and while there’s a chance that he could still win it with Arsenal, Henry, turning 30 in August 2007, is running out of time.
Has been linked with a move away from Arsenal for the last couple of summers, but most of it is just speculation and nothing else – blind throwing of mud on the wall hoping that when it sticks, people can claim that they knew it all along.
A player who has won the World Cup (1998) and Euro 2000, and it’s a shame that a player of his ability has never won the Fifa World Player of the Year award.
That and the Champions League.
Seeing the Arsenal captain, legend and top goalscorer Thierry Henry dive last night after he ‘ran into Puyol’ was a scene right out of Hollywood mystery movies –...
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I was having a conversation about possible winners of the World Cup about a month ago with a friend. We spoke about how it’s not often about the teams that come steaming out of the blocks, but more about the teams that peak at the right time...
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It was a fascinating match – Spain playing some fantastic possession football but they were met with the class and strength of the French, and it was never going to be an easy ride. But, towars the end, it was France who showed their class and...
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Five Arsenal players featured in World Cup action today: Cesc Fabregas and Jose Antonio Reyes for Spain, Emmanuel Adebayor for Togo, Thierry Henry for France and Phillippe Senderos for Switzerland.
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or so they are saying. More as news comes in, but this one looks to be genuine folks.
After Henry’s “I’m with Mourinho on this” performance on Wednesday night, Barca was going to be a no go. Without any...
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Kevin McCarra of the Guardian calls it the final of finals, a shoutout to the elite status of the European Cup but also to the hype being built around the match...
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Following up on ArseBlog’s excellent post on whether Henry would be going to Arsenal or Barcelona, I went through his list of ‘pros and cons’ and figured they were a bit biased (all...
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A recent comment (about 20 mins ago by my watch) asked if I had any pictures of a fan putting Barca’s flag on Henry during the Villarreal-Arsenal Champions League semi-final. As it happens, I managed to uncover the picture (and one more) and...
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In the summer of 2004, fresh off a successful domestic campaign where Arsenal won the Premier League and set all sorts of records, Patrick Vieira was a wanted man across Europe. An inspirational captain and a commanding midfielder who contributed with...
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