Thierry Henry Staying; Wenger Blames Domenech; Sun Rises in East

By: Trent | March 14th, 2007

He’s been banged up most of this season, and the transfer rumours will not stop. Of course, some still wish Arsenal had sold him to Barcelona after the Champions League final last year. But for now, Arsenal striker Thierry Henry reiterates that he’s a Gunner for life. And of course such pronouncements are as good as gold in football. Well, gold bullion. Okay, court bullion. But still, that can be pretty tasty.

As for those injuries, Henry says his lack of preseason training may have doomed him to a succession of knocks. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was more pointed, blaming French national coach Raymond Domenech for Henry’s woes.

Said A-Dub:

“I feel Thierry has been badly managed by the French national team. The World Cup Final was on the July 9, and I gave him a holiday until August 4. Then he came back and we prepared him. I left him out of the Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb. They [France] called him up for a game on August 16 – less than 14 days after he came back [from Germany] – and they played him for a whole game against Bosnia. After the World Cup final, why did they need to do that?”

Whatever the reasons, Arsenal will travel to Birmingham tonight to face Aston Villa without Henry’s services.

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sandrahn

Actually, Wenger took responsibility for overplaying Henry last season but he's also been furious at Domenech since at least last August for overplaying Henry. He was especially angry at Domenech's use of Henry for 90 mins in a friendly so soon after the wc. After that, Wenger banned Domenech from the Emirates. I think Domenech is still banned. So these comments the press is playing up today about the FFF are nothing new, he's been saying this long before Henry's fitness issues came to a head and long before the recent Arsenal defeats. Wenger just doesn't like national football, to him club football is the only thing that matters.