Arsene Wenger: Arsenal and France must honour 'extraordinary' Thierry Henry

• Dec 17, 2014 13:18
• By Neil McLeman

The Frenchman announced his retirement earlier this week, and is already immortalised outside the Emirates Stadium with a statue

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Recognition: Wenger has called for Arsenal and France to pay tribute the Gunners legend

Arsene Wenger wants Arsenal to pay tribute to Thierry Henry after the Gunners legend announced his retirement this week.
The France striker scored 175 goals for Arsenal in 258 matches between 1999 and 2007. There is already a statue of Henry outside the Emirates Stadium.
But Wenger told L'Equipe: "We will organise something in his honour and I hope the France team will also give him the recognition that he deserves. We cannot just end it like this. He deserves a proper tribute. It is very important."
Wenger, who bought Henry from Juventus in 1999, admitted he had his difficult moments with the superstar. "Nintey per cent of the time, it was a pleasure and 10 per cent we could feel the little differences in our view of things.
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"Thierry is blessed with a strong personality and he could get angry. But once he had refound his calm, he was always very clear headed.
"As well as his extraordinary passion for football, he always showed an incredible insight in his judgement of players. He has a real ability to unearth talent."

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And with Henry starting as a Sky Sports pundit next season, the Gunners boss added: "He will end up at Arsenal one day. Coach? Manager? Director? I don't know.
"I think that first he has to take a step back and think about what he really wants to do in his new life. To be a coach you need to sacrifice your life. What is certain is that Thierry will stay in football. He will be a pundit of huge quality in the media."

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