Thierry Henry, one of Arsenal’s most productive players, will be respected in the red and white zone of north London.
The club’s top goalscorer, according to Arsenal’s official website, the French World Cup winner also holds the club records for most goals in the Premier League (175), most European goals (42) and most goals in the UEFA Champions League (35).
With 228 goals in 377 games for the Gunners, he is surely alone. Another Arsenal legend, Ian Wright, stands out at the back with just 185 goals.
Despite all those goals, the accolades that came with them, his successes with the French national team and a stint at Barcelona that saw him play alongside Lionel Messi and win him his only Champions League trophy, Henry was depressed.
Depression is an illness that not many can understand, particularly so when the person suggesting that they are depressed seems to have it all – as in Henry’s case.
I was talking to Steven Bartlett on his podcast Diary of a CEO, when he opened up.
“Throughout my career, and since I was born, I must have been in depression,” he said, in quotes also run by The West Australian.
“Did I know it? No. Did I do something about it? No. But I adapted to a certain way.
“[…] I was in isolation in Montreal, and not being able to see my kids for a year was tough.
“[…] Tears were coming alone. Why I don’t know, but maybe they were there for a very long time.”
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It was a remarkably honest and refreshing interview from the Frenchman and will cast him in a different light for many.
If Henry’s story shows us anything, it’s that everyone struggles in one way or another, no matter what it seems to others.
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