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'I don't think we saw anywhere near the Thierry Henry we saw later on in his career'

Earlier today, Thierry Henry confirmed what we suspected when he left New York Red Bulls at the s...



'I don't think we saw...
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'I don't think we saw anywhere near the Thierry Henry we saw later on in his career'

Earlier today, Thierry Henry confirmed what we suspected when he left New York Red Bulls at the start of the month.

The Arsenal legend called time on his career to begin a new chapter as a Sky Sports pundit alongside the likes of Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher.

On tonight's Off The Ball, we looked back on his Gunners career but also focused on the very early days at Arsenal before he took the club and Premier League by storm.

Ex-Arsenal left-back Nigel Winterburn played and trained alongside Henry. Tonight he joined us to look back on his first hand experience of the former France international.

"I don't think anyone could really predict what a great success he would be," said Winterburn of Henry's first season after signing from Juventus.

"Although we realised that we were bringing in potentially a very, very good player, I don't think we saw anywhere near the Thierry Henry we saw later on in his career." 

Winterburn also detailed his first hand view of manager Arsene Wenger and how the Frenchman went about converting Henry from winger to devastatingly brilliant striker.

"Arsene just did what he does with all players. He worked with them through technical play and individual bits of work. He'll work on link up play to end up with forwards with the shot at goal. That's where the developing would come from and also from the confidence you would get from your team-mates and your manager."

 

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