“After 20 years on the field, I decided to quit professional football, “said the now former attacking New York Red Bulls, his last professional club. “It was an incredible journey,” adds “Titi” Henry, thanking his former club Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal and FC Barcelona.
Thierry Henry says on its Facebook page in English “It is now time for another career and I am happy to say that I am back in London to join Sky Sports. I hope to share with you some of my thoughts, observations and experiences acquired over the years. “
The announcement of his retirement official was also relayed on the Twitter page of Thierry Henry, where he had thanked his team of New York Redbulls on 1 December.
No last freelancing on the field, so for Henry, already deprived of an apotheosis in MLS, North American championship, with an elimination semi-final against the New England Patriots in late November. The attacker of 37 years will therefore never won the MLS Cup, the supreme title in the United States, where since its arrival dearly minted in 2010, he scored 51 goals in 122 games with 41 assists.
Given its visceral attachment to Arsenal, the club where he is still revered for scoring 226 goals between 1999 and 2007 and two more in a freelance in 2012, he could afford a final session on the lawn London’s Emirates Stadium, or to prepare for a possible conversion as coach. But it will be on TV for the best scorer in the history of the France team, world champion in 1998 and King of Europe in 2000.
“I hope you have as much took pleasure in watching me that I took to play, go to the other side, “says the former Arsenal N.14 on his Facebook page, which therefore meets the sirens of British television channels where he will meet with journalists that relations have not always been more serene, especially after the famous deliberate handball against Ireland who called the France team for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
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