News! Henry Signs for Barca????

Thierry Henry tonight appeared to be on the brink of leaving Arsenal for Barcelona.

Sources close to the Spanish club have declared a four-year deal has been signed for the France World Cup winner.

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i'm having mixed reactions when i heard this. firstly, this is henry! legend,prolly the best striker to grace Arsenal and maybe the Premiership. and now he might be on his way to barca. no club would want to lose a player like henry, the goals,the runs, the assists, he's the complete striker.

him leaving arsenal would have devastating effects. i'm scared wenger might just follow suit and that would be an end of an arsenal era if that were to happen. player's morale would be another thing. without a doubt, players looked up to him especially walcott,persie and cesc. losing a mentor just ain't a good thing.

all this sounds bad but i did say my reaction was mixed. henry was injured the most of last season and arsenal seemed to play better without him.when henry is on the pitch, players tend to look for him more often and just dont take enough chances themselves. furthermore, arsenal has been over reliant on him, other players just need to shine! though, i would like to see a fit henry this season and see how it goes.

if henry does leave, wenger will be a very busy man especially without david dein to help him. a profilic striker would be his main priority. personally, i'd like to see a return to the anelka-overmas era where the midfield was more noticable. still scoring strikers are important! persie can help, ade is doubtful though. scoring midfielders are also just as important. rosicky n hleb aren't just putting in enough goals. back then, pires,ljgunberg,overmas scored alot. then there's defence. the whole of last season, defence was just not solid enough to let attacking minded ppl do their job without thinking much.then there's lehman..how long more can he last?

sigh,things don't look good but with wenger, u never know.