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Nooooooooooo! Henry leaves Arsenal

June 23rd, 2007 friskyGeek, sports, rants Linkage |  Digg This | ##

Oh what a sad sad day… How am I to go on???!!! From Arsenal.com:

“Arsenal Football Club can confirm that it has reached an agreement with Barcelona for the transfer of Thierry Henry.“

I don’t blame Henry though. At 29, he is at the twilight of his career and I fear that his best football is behind him - so this might be the perfect time for him to leave. I feel his decision is based on the uncertainty of Arsene Wenger, who also might leave Arsenal soon. Plus he would like to win a Champions League trophy before he quits football - which is understandable. I for one fully understand his decision… But if Wenger also leaves, I fear my beloved Gunners are in for a very rough few seasons ahead - as I can not imagine life without Henry or Wenger.

Arsenal needs to get their act together now and focus on the young players like Fabergas, Reyes and perhaps bring in Samuel Etu or another striker to fill in the huge void thats been caused by Henry’s departure.

As a life-long Arsenal fan, its gonna be a tough few years ahead for us… We never really recovered from Patrick Vieira’s departure and now I fear that Henry’s departure might be too much to bare.

[Update] Here’s Henry’s Open Letter to the fans. “This is one of the toughest pieces I will ever write… ”
[Update] Henry talks about leaving the club on Arsenal’s website.

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  1. 1 Daniel Jun 23rd, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    Agreed, damn i’m sad!!

  2. 2 Daniel Jun 23rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    Actually have more to say.

    Firstly why did he go for so little? (ok £16 million isn’t that little in the real world, but this is football). Henry is by far one of the worlds top strikers, so i’m confused as to why he has gone for such a bargain.

    I agree with you that some serious changes need to be made at Arsenal. We cannot let anyone else leave now, especially after seeing how the youngsters really matured this season. Wenger also has to be given what he wants, CASH!

    I never thought Henry was captain material, Viera owned that role and Gilberto actually did a damn good job of it i thought, he was commanding and also held us together.

    Our main problem is that we just don’t have enough players to cover the usual mid-season injuries/international games and other hiccups which happen. Time and time again we see Arsenal struggle mid-season when most of the 1st team players are out for some reason.

    I don’t think it’s all doom and gloom, but dammit it’s looking sad at the moment. I agree with Henry, I cannot see Arsenal winning the Champions League trophy just yet, maybe soon, but not now.

    I will miss watching him live, he was a pure joy to watch at Highbury and I know that Emma will miss watching him at The Emirates.

    ps.. I’m back in October, you around, fancy going to a match?

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