Thierry Henry leaves Arsenal fans furious with brutal remark about former club

Arsenal fable Thierry Henry has caused a disturbance with immoderate of the club's fans online with his hilarious absorption to a societal media canvass connected CBS Sports' Champions League show

Thierry Henry has been slammed by immoderate Arsenal fans connected societal media aft quipping that some helium and his erstwhile nine were "always 2nd best."

The iconic Frenchman, 47, is simply a Gunners fable from his playing days, wherever helium starred nether Arsene Wenger. Henry won 2 Premier League titles and 2 FA Cups earlier moving to Barcelona successful 2007.

These days, Henry is simply a large portion of CBS' Champions League sum alongside Kate Scott, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards. But comments helium made during sum of Tuesday night's games person seemingly landed him successful blistery h2o with Arsenal fans.

In a societal media ballot connected X, fans voted Henry the 2nd astir fashionable idiosyncratic connected the amusement down Scott. On Instagram, Richards won the ballot with Henry erstwhile again runner-up. Reacting, Henry joked: "I'm conscionable similar Arsenal, ever 2nd champion each time!"

While the conception - and Henry's absorption - were bully natured and went down a tempest successful the studio, his remark has rubbed immoderate Arsenal fans the incorrect way. One instrumentality responded bluntly, asking: "Why s*** connected your ain club?"

Others besides appeared to instrumentality contented with the Gunners legend. One societal media idiosyncratic wrote: "When your mate shoots you down to impressment the chill kids," portion different said: "Friendly fire."

While Henry played an influential relation successful Arsenal's occurrence during his heyday, the Gunners person fallen connected leaner times since helium left. The nine person not won the Premier League rubric for implicit 20 years, though Mikel Arteta's men person tally Manchester City adjacent successful successive seasons.

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Speaking astatine the extremity of past season, wherever City pipped Arsenal to the rubric connected the last day, Henry expressed fears that his aged nine could endure from burnout aft coming up abbreviated successful back-to-back seasons.

He told Premier League Productions: "They recovered a way. What they did is conscionable stupid. It’s not similar they hold 2 years and bash it a spot after… They bash it each the time.

"One happening that worries me, is that each clip a squad tries to enactment with them and support the pace, they pain their wings. Every clip they implode. Look astatine Liverpool. They couldn’t woody with it. I anticipation Arsenal tin enactment successful the bushed due to the fact that it is not easy."

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