A possible meeting between Thierry Henry and Arsene Wenger paved the way for what would be one of the Arsenal manager’s most important signings for the club.
French striker Henry remains Arsenal’s all-time top scorer to this day, with 228 goals for the club. He played a key role in the teams that won the title in 2001–02 and 2003–04, and also played a role in the Gunners. ‘ runs to the 2006 Champions League final.
Henry even returned for one last hurrah in 2012, his role as Arsenal propelling Tottenham into Champions League qualification. In total, his 175 Premier League goals put him seventh in the league’s all-time rankings.
Wenger has not taken charge again since leaving Arsenal in 2018, but his former protégé followed him to the bench. And former striker Henry, who led the French under-23 team to the Olympic football semi-finals, has previously explained The coincidence that helped accelerate his move to Arsenal.
“A few years after Arsène left Monaco, he came here to watch a game between Juventus and Udinese that I played in,” Henry recalled in 2018 comments shared via Arsenal. “After the game, I returned to Paris and he on the same plane. ” .
“He told me that he had been at the game. We exchanged numbers and he told me that he didn’t understand why I was playing on the wing. At that time I was playing as a winger!
“He told me that he was enjoying my time and that he remembered me as number 9. He said it would be wonderful if we could see him again, and the rest is history. “
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Henry’s Olympic team ruled his home Olympics. They won all three of their organization’s games without conceding a goal, before a goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta was enough to beat Argentina in the quarterfinals.
France can take a step towards the gold medal by beating Egypt in the semi-finals. However, after his victory over Argentina ended in a fight, Henry sent a reminder to his players about his behavior.
“One of my players got a red card and I’m not satisfied with that, it shouldn’t happen,” he told TyC Sports (via Eurosport). “I couldn’t know what happened. I went to shake hands with [Javier] Mascherano And when I turned around, it had already happened. We won, but I didn’t like what happened at the end with my players.
France will face Egypt on Monday and before kick-off they will know if Morocco or Spain await them in the final. France has already advanced its functionality in Tokyo, where it withdrew in the organisational phase.
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