Au revoir, TH14

Old news by now… Thierry Henry has finally left Arsenal for Barcelona. 226 goals, 370 games since August 1999. What a record. Arsenal’s finest has left.

For the past few weeks… so much rumours about Henry leaving. It finally came… I suppose this bloody day was likely to come at some point.

King Henry was absolutely supreme for the Gunners in the eight seasons there. Such a gem of a player that would be difficult to replace. I am glad he was at his prime and peak of his powers during his time at Arsenal.

People can start worrying about Arsenal falling apart…fret not… I’m not here to perpetuate the gloom. Players come and go, I was fortunate enough to witness the cavalier attitude of Ian Wright, the safe hands of David Seaman, the fearsome English defence bedrock of Adams, Keown, Bould, Dixon and Winterburn, the brilliance of Pires, the fighter in Patrick Vieira, the God himself, Dennis Bergkamp….the list goes on.

The initial hurt and disbelief would pass…soon… and I do hope Arsene Wenger buys very very special and exceptional player(s) to strengthen the squad.

So, it finally arrvived… the end of an Arsenal career of a truly exceptional footballer. Thanks for the memories…the wonderful goals, the solo runs, the extra mile… It has been a blast! For now, let’s all move on – cause' the King has left the building.