King Henry retires.... going back to London...

[itsacoco]

.... to join Sky Sports!

Thierry Henry posted this on his Facebook page today:

"After 20 years in the game I have decided to retire from professional football. It has been an incredible journey and I would like to thank all the fans, team mates and individuals involved with AS Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona, the New York Red Bulls and

Comments

huh, it made sense he'd come back to London

[jazzypom]

Where it really kicked off for him in a sense. Henry knows his onions, and more measured football analysis is good. I look forward to seeing him on Vimeo links since I can't afford Sky!

Haha, ouch.

[lied_ohne_worte]

Still, I suppose it’s a good thing that Sky Sports are hiring former players who can speak English properly.
- arseblog (@arseblog) 16. Dezember 2014

[the4thjuliek]

God going to the MLS felt like retirement to me, haha.

Anyway, finally someone on Sky Sports who won't shit on Arsenal all the time! ms_geekette, our wish has been granted! And it's not any chubby old white guy who played for us before Grandpere, this is our greatest player.

Some Titi spam:

Holding PL trophy with Bobby Pires and Sol Campbell. *sobs*

[medeacaesura]

nice picspam bb. he's so beautiful. <3

[itsacoco]

Henry is credited for raising the profile of MLS

[jazzypom]

In some circles, Henry is rated more than Beckham in how seriously he took the MLS, and treated it as professionally as he treated every other team. So, good on him!

Of all the former players to go on Sky, yes to Henry, real talk.

[mundodeamor]

Aww, I guess he won't be going to France NT then - I read some articles about how he should get get one final call to the NT.