Would you take him now?

[Red Chilli]

Would be a total waste of money. He'd cost at least £15m - would want top dollar wages and given he's nearly 30, there would be almost no re-sale value.

He is or was a great player, but now has the ego to match. Not sure he's ever going to recover from his injuries over the last year.

We need to be investing in the likes of Henry, Messi Ronaldo etc when they're early 20s not nearly 30 and possibly past their peak. That means spending top dollar or sorting out the youth scouting system to spot them early.

Wenger, Barce, Real Milan all do it, why don't we?

In short - no way should we go for him. We'd have to outbid everyone else in fee and wages

Sorry mate ut I couldn't give 2 ****s about re-sale vale and as we aren't a selling club, neither should you.
There isn't a top re-sale league is there? If there was we'd be in the Diadora league.
Henry could be the difference between us challenging for the league and us fading into 4 place oblivion. That alone is worth 15 million quid even if he only plays half a season.

[Red Chilli]

arsenal dont sell players that go on to better things

end of

just look at pennant

And Anelka who went on to win the Champions Lea........ oh wait

[kewellnthegang]

And Anelka who went on to win the Champions Lea........ oh wait

yeah he was great for them .... oh no they fooked him off

he must of been really impressive


think ya catch my drift

[Red Chilli]

yeah he was great for them .... oh no they fooked him off

he must of been really impressive


think ya catch my drift

Still, the man's won 1 more champions league medal than Arsenal football club

[Red Desire]

And Anelka who went on to win the Champions Lea........ oh wait

ok but made £20m on him and he was being a sulky pain in the arse, but the sentiment is true. Wenger and Ferguson rarely let a player go too early.

Overmars, Vieira, Petit - all sold for good money - never regained former glories.

Not seen Pires or Ljungberg pulling up many trees either.

[Red Chilli]

ok but made £20m on him and he was being a sulky pain in the arse, but the sentiment is true. Wenger and Ferguson rarely let a player go too early.

Overmars, Vieira, Petit - all sold for good money - never regained former glories.

Not seen Pires or Ljungberg pulling up many trees either.

I agree they get it right more often than not, but not more often than we do too.

Thing is though, you can't says it's true in EVERY case and this could be one of those rare ones.

[The Erectile Banana]

Sorry mate ut I couldn't give 2 ****s about re-sale vale and as we aren't a selling club, neither should you.
There isn't a top re-sale league is there? If there was we'd be in the Diadora league.
Henry could be the difference between us challenging for the league and us fading into 4 place oblivion. That alone is worth 15 million quid even if he only plays half a season.

An in form Henry is the best striker in the world.

If we can get two good seasons out of him it would be well worth a £15M investment.

[AFII]

And Anelka who went on to win the Champions Lea........ oh wait

I can understand that they sold him for £24m the way his brothers acted back then.

[AFII]

An in form Henry is the best striker in the world.

If we can get two good seasons out of him it would be well worth a £15M investment.

Henry is also very injury prone. You would need to rotate him and maybe only play him two games out of three. I can't see him being happy on the bench 20 games/season.

[The Erectile Banana]

Henry is also very injury prone. You would need to rotate him and maybe only play him two games out of three. I can't see him being happy on the bench 20 games/season.

Henry isn't that injury prone.

He had a bad time with injuriess in his last season with Arsenal but I don't remember him missing big chunks of the season in the same manner previously.

He's certainly no Michael Owen.

[Iceman]

For everyone worried about his age



2 words




Gary Mac

[Red Chilli]

For everyone worried about his age



2 words




Gary Mac

his baldy head

Oh Gary Macca Gary,Gary Macca
Gary Macca Gary,Gary Mac

[AFII]

For everyone worried about his age



2 words




Gary Mac

He didn't have the same playing style as Henry

The problem is that very quick players get sprinter injuries, hamstring and thigh problems because they stop, start their runs very often, just like sprinters and that means that you must rest them more often.

[Iceman]

There were very credible rumours last year that IF Arse would sell him to us, that a deal was already in place

[AFII]

There were very credible rumours last year that IF Arse would sell him to us, that a deal was already in place