Thierry Henry Leaves Arsenal

After a long and prosperous career with Arsenal, Thierry Henry, Arsenal's hit man who struck fear into opponents heart will no longer play in the English Premier League. After a very disappointing season in 2006/2007 with Arsenal, Thierry Henry has decided to leave Arsenal and sign a four year deal with Barcelona. Arsenal met Barcelona in the 2006 UEFA Champion's League finals and lost. After that, there was some speculation of Thierry Henry leaving for Barcelona but he decided to sign a four year contract with Arsenal and end his career at the Emirates Stadium. But that was not to happen because of some situation regarding the club. But I think that was only an excuse to leave Arsenal as Thierry Henry want to win the Champion's League before he retires and there is not a lot of hope of Arsenal wining the UEFA Champion's League any time soon.

This season, Thierry Henry was injured most of the time and only played about 20 game the whole season. This was due to a jam packed 2005/2006 season. Thierry Henry played a lot of games that season and reached the Champion's League final stage but lost. And just a couple of weeks later he played in the 2006 World Cup and again reached the World Cup final and lot to Italy.

Arsenal agreed a free of £16.1 million for the transfer of Arsenal's captain and the record breaking goal scorer, Thierry Henry which I think is a bad deal for Arsenal. Even Daren Bent costs £17 million, how come Arsenal sold Thierry Henry for just a mere 16 million.

I am a huge Arsenal fan and I would have love to see Thierry Henry finish his career at Arsenal like Denis Bergkamp but as we all know , Henry has transferred to Barcelona. Arsenal is in a state of panic, well the Arsenal fans are. There is only one year left in Arsene Wenger's contract and that has increased the tensions. Wenger said that he will only thing about the contract after it ends and the press are saying that he will follow Thierry Henry's lead and leave Arsenal. That would be a huge, I mean massive blow to all Arsenal. Compared to Arsene Wenger leaving the club, Thierry Henry's recent departure is nothing. I just hope that Arsene Wenger extends his contract. If Arsene Wenger leaves next season, Arsenal will be in a real state of turmoil then. Wenger won't be leaving this season for sure as he has always honored his contract and he still has a year left in the contract. We will not know what Arsene Wenger's decision will be until the end of next season.