By Chris Wright
Arsenal unveiled three statues outside the Emirates yesterday to mark the club’s 125th anniversary, with Tony Adams and Herbert Chapman (it wasn’t Pascal Cygan after all!) being recognised for the services to the Gunners over the years along with record-scorer Thierry Henry, who tried and failed to fight back the waterworks during his acceptance speech…
It’s oh so easy to be cynical in this day and age, but in Henry there goes a man who quite obviously deeply loves the club he became the headline act for.
Debate over the players Arsenal could and perhaps should have also honoured (Wright, Bergkamp, Rocastle, etc) with statues has been rife over the past few days, but it’s hard, nay impossible to deny that Henry is deserving of such an honour. The man’s a legend. A legend that transcends club allegiances.
Here’s the statue in full…
Photo: Arsenal