The Frenchman won league titles with Arsenal in England and Barcelona in Spain, and he also lifted the World Cup with France in 1998. ..Continue Reading
Despite ticking off many achievements during his playing days, Henry revealed that there are two forwards he would have loved to play with.
One of his choices is Chelsea legend Didier Drogba, as Henry dreamed of a striking partnership with the Ivorian.
His other choice is Nicolas Anelka, with whom he played for France, but he wishes they could have partnered in the English top flight.
Speaking of Drogba on Sky Sports, Henry said: ‘Because of the way he used to play and the way he was. You have two players who I would have loved to play with in the Premier League. Him and Anelka.
‘I would have loved to play with Anelka up front and him. I think both of us up front, problem, big problem.
‘I saw him [Drogba] the other day and we were actually talking about it. We sat down at the airport and I went “can you believe if we played both of us together?”
‘He didn’t like to go too much out of that area and I was more of a mover, a bit everywhere. It would have been a bit of a problem.
‘Let’s not forget Anelka was a problem as well, I would have loved to play with Nicolas.’
Henry joined Arsenal during the same summer that Anelka departed for Real Madrid. He has often praised his fellow countryman’s contributions to the Gunners and believes that Anelka is not fully appreciated in England.
‘We all know that he terrorised teams when he first arrived in England,’ he told Sky Sports back in 2018.
‘He, for me – people do not mention him as they should mention him. He was one of the best strikers we have ever seen in this league.
‘He won it at Arsenal at a young age, when it was very difficult. You had to battle away from home all the time. He did it at Chelsea, he won the league there.
‘Obviously we all know the story, he left to go to Real Madrid but we are talking about one of the best strikers we have seen and I think he was pivotal to that [Arsenal] squad.’
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