I’ll be the first to admit that I love Thierry Henry – always have, always will – and the news of his possible return to the club on a short-term deal during the winter transfer window will no doubt excite fans, including myself.
I think it’s fair to say we would love to see the 35-year-old pull on the Arsenal shirt once again and add to his incredible 228 goals for The Gunners.
But while the Arsenal legend would undeniably be welcomed back with open arms, I just don’t see how this move would benefit the club in the long run – it simply won’t in my eyes.
Don’t get me wrong, I would love to see the Frenchman back at the club and net a few goals for us, but is it really a step forward?
With all do respect to Henry, shouldn’t Arsene Wenger be targeting and signing a striker who will stay longer than a month or so? I wholeheartedly believe so.
I firmly believe if Wenger does bring back Henry then he will only be papering over the cracks, like he did last season. He’s definitely got some cash to splash in January, despite what we hear is going on, so why not utilize it.
I would love to see Thierry back at Arsenal, and hope this loan move does transpire, but only if Wenger signs another striker on a permanent deal – Schalke’s Klaas-Jan Huntelaar would be an ideal acquisition for £6 million – otherwise he will be pulling the wool over our eyes once again and ignoring the real problem(s) at hand.
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Getting Henry should be just as a precautionary and as an interim or transitional cover ONLY.
Huntelaar must be brought in at the same time as the perm guy to shore up the forward line and ringing in the goals ….. together with Giroud, Podolski, Carzola and even Walcott [if he decides to stay at a lower fee] and the young Ox who without a doubt has a lot of potential!!
Look we play with 4 attacking players in a 4231 formation. when fit i would expect our first choice 4 to be walcott cazorla podolski giroud with a back up of chamberlain rosicky arshavin gervinho. with gervinho off to the acon henry is an ideal temporary replacement. you say anything else would be.papering over the cracks. Really? our first choice 4 have 27 goals already this season whilst if you include our current back up 4 which includes chamakh presently as rosicky is injured well they have 9 goals and 3 of those players have started just 9 matches between them. For me the cracks are not in attack for me the.cracks are in the defensive side of the team either in goal or the back 4 or the 2 holding midfielders.
Can they just use some of the “new” money that Gazidis is talking about from the new deal to redo the salary structure? The boys playing at a high level like Theo more..the ones who never are there always hrt, Daibly, Rosicky, Squillici(sic) need a drop with a new contract based on performing . It is unreal tht a team would let a 23 year old international, English lad just walk away, or even sell him, when you can see what a core they could have with Wilshire, Gibbs, Theo, Jenkinsons as far a tough English core with loads of ability. Henry, who does not love Titi? This is a distraction, as this team is not really playing at a high level