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Article By Sam Jenkins
For THBN

The Arsenal cauldron is steadily cooking up a brew of trouble. Reports regarding the departure of Thiery Henry state that he is clearly not happy with the goings on at Arsenal. The media circles have publicised that the France International is dejected with the departure of David Dein.

Henry is close to the Dein family. So close in fact, that Dein’s son was Henry’s best man and is also his professional advisor. It looks as though his advisor has recommended that his client leave Arsenal to better the final part of his career.

When asked about AC Milan’s interest in him, Henry went on to say;

“I am flattered that a team like Milan has shown an interest in me”.

This has alerted both the current champions of Europe, Milan, but also Spanish giants, Barcelona, who so nearly signed him last season.

If the possibility of losing their captain is hard news to swallow, imagine what the Arsenal fans must be thinking when they hear and read reports coming from the Fabregas camp, stating that he’ll also be off if Henry leaves!

Many Arsenal fans are claiming that all these reports are rubbish and nothing more than mere paper talk. They claim that both Henry and Fabregas will be Arsenal players come the start of the season. Fair enough you might say; after all, how many times have the media made an issue out of nothing? But if that was the case, and the media had got it so terribly wrong, why hasn’t Henry or Fabregas come out and rubbished these stories? Why has neither player made a statement clarifying that they are happy at Arsenal? Why is Arsene Wenger keeping quiet about this debacle?

Is the tide about to collapse on Arsenal?

I personally made a little wager with an Arsenal fan that we would finish above them in the 2006/2007 season. We didn’t. I now made the same bet; double-or-nothing, that we’ll finish the 2007/2008 season above them. I think I will be winning the bet this time around.

Tottenham Hotspur are on the up, whilst our neighbours are anything but on the same path as us. What do you think the outcome surrounding Henry will be? Will he leave Arsenal, and if so, will a host of other players leave in his wake?

Any negative news regarding them can only be music to our ears.


Coming Soon: News on Wesley Sneijder

83 comments

  1. ....leaving in his "wake".
  2. Thank you.

    Regards

    S Jenkins
  3. see ya!!!
  4. Tides turn, they dont collapse :o)
  5. Ars*nal and Chelsh*t finish below Spurs! Could happen! This year may be the one!
  6. You spuds still live in a world of your own. Henry may go but we will still finish above you. Just face reality you still have a long way to go to ctach the red and white of North London !!!!!!!!!!
  7. i tell you what, i've made an absolute fortune of spurs fans betting they'll finish above us! next season no different.
  8. we can finish above you... the thing is the core of your team has always been to be a unit it seems like the goons arent quite a unit anymore with the big names all wanting out.

    we are definately on the up and your squad isn't better then ours anymore...

    COYS
  9. Bless the gooner/s who posted the above, spelling mistakes in each don't you have schools in the scummy part of North London! Think we'll be having the last laugh on you next season!
  10. You are 100% right - we are in a club in serious trouble. Even we do not buy some players fast we might end up a mediocre club...much like spurts i suppose. Didn't you hear that Arsenal wearing white this season is all part of Wengers masterplan - the hope is that when we are so out of form and look shite people will see the white kit and just assume that we are your lot. Just a little correction while I am here - Cesc said that if Wenger left (not Henry) he would be 90% certain to be off. Can you lot even remember when any top european club chased one of your players ? If you are depending on our downfall to raise you above us you will be waiting a very very long time.
    augie
  11. erm major clubs chasing our players in recent times.... let me think...

    Berbatov - Man U????
    Carrick - Man U????
    Ledley - Chelsea????
    Chimbonda - Chelsea????
    Lennon - Everyone????

    so erm yes... major clubs do want our players as you can see above... difference between spurs and arsenal is all bar 1(carrick, i put on the list as an example of a club pursuing our team) of the above list is still a yid and will be a yid come next season.

    Arsenal are a dun force. the french revolution is over and your slipping into mediocracy.

    the fact that you are hardly linked to anyone this summer shows this.

    COYS
  12. Can you lot even remember when any top european club chased one of your players ? errr Berbatov is being chased by big clubs. Carrick went to a big club last year. Chimbonda is being chased by Chelsea.. the list goes on.. Ars have 1 decent player and 1 world class the rest are mearly average. Once they go its a long way down. With spurs on the up and Everton ars will be lucky to get into Europe next year.. oh how I will laugh
  13. can you imagine it if they didn't get champions league even... they would be absolutely FUCKED without the money from it.

    remember what happened to Leeds?

    may the demise and decline commence!
  14. come on lads I love scum bashing as much as the next person, but all this media crap is starting to make me think of selling my PC over the summer months and buying an I-Pod.

    How many stories have we heard about our players going and they haven't come out and said anything against any of these rumours either. If it's published on the club website I don't listen to or believe any of it. Personally I d on't see Henry leaving. But I do think we need to get our act together and start buying some players otherwise we may miss out, NANI, ANDERSON, RIBBERY(?)......
  15. if i had a £1 for every time i have heard a spurs fan saying "we;re on the up...the arse are declining...spurs have got a greta young players coming thru..."
    hahah - u lot really make me laugh!
    i mean, ok we didnt have a great season last season, but by OUR standards - not yours! you only dream of a top 4 finish!
  16. Bitter spuds clutching at straws again! :D
  17. and again...and again!
    even our "bad" seasons are better than your good ones! hahaha

    2-0 and u ####### it up!
  18. Arsenal about to fold? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Dream on spuds, nice work with the Barca shirt - maybe you ll do one for Berbatov in a United one? Wont that be funny and more realistic! Especially as Sugars taken his £25m and Enic are alot lighter with cash. Looks like you will really need to sell him!! HA HA HA. Let him go for £12m - maybe even West Ham will put in an offer.

    Believe the bollocks if you want to, but if you actually heard or read what Henry's actually said in 2 recent interviews (one on internet and another in NOTW) stating that hes staying, looking forward to full recovery and next season campaign (where we ll probably finish above you again).

    Even if the unthinkable did happen and he were to go Arsenal are no where near "folding" - great manager, great players, great stadium + investment.

    What have you got?
  19. what have we got?

    lol

    STABILITY!

    MONEY!

    and a team. BErba aint leaving you know he ain't regardless of the brave face you put on.

    seriously now you're really in denial, how can you not say your clubs in turmoil?

    look at the facts, look what we're spending and then look at yourselves, while we are making signings to lift us up that 1 extra notch you're doing nothing to improve your team.
  20. good old tottenham fans always up for a laugh, every season you churn out the same old nonsense this is our year we will finish higher than you when will this happen not in my lifetime, and the sad part is that is it for you don't come close to winning anything major, you set your sights on finishishing higher than arsenal and thats the be all and end all of your season, as i said always good for a laugh keep em coming you do make my day.
  21. Anon 9:39

    The owner of ENIC is a Billionare.

    If you lot cant see how much we've closed the gap in just two years you lying to yourselves
  22. see how not one goon has said anything to contradict anything thats been said? all we hear is "spurs make me laugh etc" what bollocks. lol we are making a point and you cant deny what we are saying...

    leeds mkII

    :)

    maybe ken bates will come and save you
  23. remind me how many years is it now you have been living in our shadows.and your saviour berbatov must be so easily pleased if he wants to stay with a team that hasn't a hope in hell of winning a trophy or maybe he is just as excited as you lot at the prospect of maybe just maybe finishing above the better half of north london ( in your dreams )
  24. Anon 10.02

    Your just doing exactly what we said
  25. "Tottenham Hotspur are on the up, whilst our neighbours are anything but on the same path as us."

    You know I'm sure I've heard this said before by stupid fucking Spurts fans but I can't think when.......... No I've got it, it's every fucking year for the last 8 years!!!

    You shouldn't really take what you read in the papers as being the truth you know (yes I know you all read the Sport and The Sun, so you're not the most intellectually astute people in the world).

    Anyway, come the end of next season, feel free to roll out your "Tottenham Hotspur are on the up, whilst our neighbours are anything but on the same path as us." articles.

    Pricks!!!

    -Scooch
  26. and you'll be coming out with the same old tosh next season.
  27. You Spuds are funny....That's all I can say..my sides are hurting too much
  28. I've always heard that the self proclaimed yid army are stupid but I haven't necessarly agreed...until now. The comments I have made earlier stated that no top EUROPEAN clubs ever chase your players and last time I checked manure & chelski are ENGLISH clubs.Anyway you can't even count chelski because they want to buy every cunt that kicks a ball. In response to blog head statement about the gap closing between our 2 teams I would agree but I will argue that has more to do with our less than impressive form over the last 2 seasons than spurts rise from the ashes - I mean lets face it, your 1st team couldn't even beat our reserves in the carling cup this season and I'm not taking the piss here just calling it as it is.
    augie
  29. stop talking about the past... thats what we did when we were shit too....

    lol

    we're talking about the future now not what happened between 1991 and 2004.

    your starting to even sound like losers.
  30. so are english clubs not european?

    thats news to me :|

    your a bit of a wanker really aren't you.

    the reason why your players are wanted ON THE CONTINENT is because they are all spanish and french africans.

    cock jockey.
  31. The spuds are still dreaming – we played nearly half a season without Henry and Van Persie and still dumped you out of the cup and finished above you. The way you lot celebrated a lucky last minute draw shows you're still not in the same class! 2-0...
  32. and what? we celebrated because thats what a derbys about....

    knobs.

    awww boohoo we were without our captain too.
  33. Has England moved then??? I always thought that England was in Europe!!!!????
  34. who gives a fuck about arsenal.bunch of french twats.

    Now THBN please fill us in on your "coming soon news on Snedjer"

    you mean once youve read the express etc you can give us an exclusive !

    whats it like being 40 and still
  35. living with your parents
  36. As an Arsenal fan I can see where these 'it's over' comments are coming from with our captain being unsettled and speaking a little too much. I seem to recall the same being said by Spurs fans when Vieira went. And Pires & Bergkamp. And Overmars & Petit. Didn't change much really though did it?

    I also notice that you're not commenting on those who have committed to the Arsenal...Gilberto and (despite the interpration you've given it) Fabregas. 'I'll probably leave if Wenger goes' is not the sign of a happy player but neither is it a sign he's going to jump ship. Rosicky, Hleb, Adebayor have all committed their futures to the club recently as well.

    The biggest point of all would be...is it the end of Arsenals world if Henry does go? We missed him for much of last season and STILL finished comfortably above Spurs. The mooted swap for Eto'o would be a great deal for Arsenal, bringing in a player almost as talented as Henry but with less m…
  37. Scooch, you are hardly making a case for intellectual superiority when all you can do is litter your comment with profanity and abuse.

    Augie, you call Spurs fans stupid and then claim that Man Utd and Chelsea are english clubs and not european? Last time i checked England was part of europe which is why our teams play in european competition and we compete for the 'European Championship'.

    Doesn't look like either of you are on particularly firm ground to be throwing accusations of stupidity, fools.
  38. Spurs are like a thirsty, desperate man aimlessly wandering the desert who spots an oasis, dives into it only to find it's another mirage!

    Forget Henry – you'd be better off photoshopping the league table because that's the only way you'll finish above us!
  39. come on keep it coming because it doesn't phase us. we know that we are going to leapfrog you the whole problem is the denial of your team and supporters about the inevitable.
  40. how many times have you said that? Do spuds fans say every season this is the one?
  41. Before I say this I wanna make it clear that I am a massive Spurs fan and have been for each of the 26 years of my life. Anyway, I think we have to be realistic. Arse**l without Henry is a weakened side but with the players the scum have coming through it has to be said that the future is bright for them. W*n*er has built as great team and they have a huge, albeit silent, stadium for which to build for the future. So I'm not sure about them folding. However, the next couple of years wont be great for them as they rebuild. During which time I reckon we can continue to progress and over take them. When that happens I will be the happiest man in North London... along with you lot!!! Bring on champs league at the Lane!

    Oh by the way, have it on very very good authority that Bent will be at Spurs when he gets back from his holiday next week and Defoe will be off to Pompy.
  42. The only reason Team want Spurs players, is because spurs can't supply champion league Football, has for the other stuff, we miss Henry RVP for half the season let spurs were still "Miles" away
  43. Arsenal did not finish comfortably above us, the only difference was the games between us and as a fan for 47 years, I've seen many false dawns but I do sense there is something special about our current squad and with the right additions, we will take that next step. Only 3 teams scored more goals than us last season (although only WHU and the relegated teams let more in!) so maybe if the defence can be sorted, this will be the difference. Here's hoping!
  44. Anon 11.40.

    You make a good point about sorting out the defence...I do think you're amongst it with Arsenal & Man Utd when it comes to exciting, attacking teams, which hasn't been the case for a long time!

    However, an 8 point gap is not brought on purely by the games between us...
  45. The simple fact is that A*****l are looking over their shoulder thinking SH1T - rather than looking upwards......remember - objects in your mirror are closer than they appear to be.
  46. Anon 12.11 - I'm pretty sure every Spurs fan just winced at your laughable comment. 'Things in the...' oh I can't even be bothered to type it. Cretin.
    Rhyle's right, the gap will remain for a few years yet. There isn't any way in the world that AW won't replace him with some big signings as we'll make a pile o' cash on the back of him going. Keep dreaming monkeys!
  47. One thing I will always admire about Spurs fans is the eternal optimism shown year in year out. I can only assume this is due to a collective memory span of about 6 months. The real test for Spurs is going to see if they are prepared to pay the big wages to keep the 4 or 5 top quality players they have, on relatively low match day revenues in comparison to Arsenal Man U and Liverpool Chelsea are obviously imune from these pressures. I suspect Spurs will remain a selling club at least until they have guaranteed revenues securing the finance. Levy is not a gambler...
  48. Spud are like Heyna, disgraceful, lazy, never hunt to feed itself; always jumping on dead bodies to feed itself.
    Almost every season, Arsenal have let go at least one important player, as good as henry, Viera and Berkamp only to name; but we have always finished above you. You are looking for adversity with Arsenal in any corner, are you jalous by the way?
    You should do your own things and beat Arsenal if you can instead of expecting our fall, like a "cat following a derby in hope that its ball will fall down, which has never happened".
    Arsenal, under AW managment will never fall down, I am affraid Scummmmy! Hahaha..aaaaaaaaaa!
  49. 8 points is nothing, after we lost King thru injury we lost a fair few games, games that we should have won, and with those points we would have finished at least 8 points above you,and seeing the fact we were one of the teams scoring most goals last season i agree with the last few posts that if we sort out our defence we will give you and liverpool a run for your money and looking at some of the players we are being linked with i think that will be the case. and why the hell do gooners spend all their time reading Tottenham sites and slinging insults at us? maybe you are just yids in disguise! in 2005\2006 season you only just beat us to fourth spot and you had Henry that season.
  50. In Arsene we trust.

    And as for spudz finishing above The Arsenal. Dont make me laugh.

    Henry >>> Berbatov (good player wasted at spurs)
    RVP >>>>>>>>>>> Defoe (the rat)/Keano (the pikey)
    Fabregas + Gilberto >>> Any of your central mids
    Toure + Gallas >>> King + Dawson
    etc etc etc
  51. This report was posted on Arsenal web, Arsenalworld. That's the only reason Arsenal fans are reacting to this post. We always do our own things and never worry about what you are doing at Whitehart Lane.
  52. Darren stop being a muppet and spouting rubbish about injuries to King costing you.

    The Arsenal had several key players out (Henry, RVP, Gallas, Ljunberg, Rosicky etc etc) for most of the season and we still finished above you.

    The only difference next season will be that less injuries to our squad will make the gap bigger.
  53. The Spuds.... didnt we beat their 1st team with our reserves?
  54. Why am i am muppet top say we lost six or seven in a row after losing king? is fact not fiction.
    2005/2006 you only finished above us after we lost to West Ham and had food poisoning, you had an inform Henry that year.
    You are the muppet if you can not have a intelligent dialogue (hope thats not too big a word for you) without slinging insults, my boss is a gooner and he can have an intelligent conversation about football.
    At least we are being linked to some players Arsenal seem to spend most of the time this year trying to hang on to the players you have got.
    Fact we were the fourth highest scoring team, trouble is we let too many in, if we sort that out i am dreaming of challenging more than just Arsenal, face facts you cant challenge the top three anymore and you season is also about finishing higher than spurs. To be honest i dont care where you finish i just want to move to the next level and challenge Chelski and Man U, Arsenal are not even worth worrying about
  55. p.s sorry about all the big words hope you can find you Dictionary... if you know what that is..
  56. oooooooooooh look at you

    Ok Darren, lets look at facts:
    * Arsenal suffered from terrible injuries to key personnel that cost us points. It would be reasonable to asume our injuries wont be quite as bad next season. Not an excuse but as you say a fact.
    * Arsenal have a very young and talented team that are only going to improve with experience. These young players got a lot of exposure last season (as you no doubt saw in the league cup) and will be much better players for it.
    * Wenger has never been a chequebook manager. He will never sign established superstars a la Mourinho. The likelihood is that we will sign a few youngsters (that nobody has heard of) that will be in a position to improve out TEAM. Fans like to be linked the Ribery's/Schevchenkos of this world bit its not Arsenes style. How many fans can honestly say that they new who Toure, Eboue, Fabregas, RVP etc were until Wenger made them the players that they are.
    * Arsenal have champions league football to offer and look f…
  57. We'd like to say a big welcome to all the Arsenal fans that are scouring Tottenham Hotspur sites.

    We do though wish to ask;

    What are you doing looking at Spurs sites?

    Regards

    THBN Team
  58. Anyone for bum sex?
  59. Arsenal forums are shit because their fans are all five years old.
  60. Plastic fans, spastic plans.
  61. The article has Arsenal in the title so comes up in the Arsenal section of News Now.

    Still if you want to live in your own little delusional spud world thats fine by me.
  62. Spurs are a bigger club than Arsenal. Everyone with a clue knows that.
  63. The only people who use the word "spud" are people who've never been to a football match.
  64. I'm dead.
  65. Big Game bottlers No, just look at the first game against Chelski in the FA cup 1/4 finals

    Poor at the back Yes, lack of experiance and in depth cover, Dawson a great player for the Future.

    Robinson, same as Lennon tired after the world cup and a long summer, seems only John Terry had a great season the rest of the England players either had a poor season or at the very least a slow start to the season.

    Spurs biggest problems small squad and lack of cover and with signings like Gareth Bale confirmed and Wesley Sneijder and Younes Kaboul in the pipeline and 90% of our squad staying is all looking good for next season.

    Lets face it Henry will go and any many you get will go to pay of your, and lets be honest fantastic stadium.

    You do have some quality players at Arsenal but hardly houshold names like you used to have, and undenieably Wenger is a Genius in the Transfer market with Henry and Viera his best ever signings.But do you realy think Wenger will be there after next Season? Or working …
  66. Great post Darren.
  67. Hi Darren,

    You make some good points but as an Arsenal fan we have been here before. Players come and player go but the greats can never truly be replaced. We got the best out of Henry (I cant see him going), Vieira, Pires, Bergkamp, Ian Wright etc. But as these players get older or leave for pastures new they cant be replaced like for like. Great managers build great teams over a couple of seasons. Arsene Wenger has done this twice at Arsenal and is on the verge of doing it for the 3rd with some of the exciting young talent we have. Alex Ferguson has done it 3/4 time at Utd. Has Martin Jol got the ability to do this? To be honest I am not sure... I am not saying that he cant but he hasnt never done it before. At this momnet in time I can honestly say that I feel we are in the stronger position.

    I know a lot of fans are all doom and gloom if their club dont shell out 50mill on players every season but as I said before this has never been the Wenger way. The worst case scenario for AFC…
  68. We've just posted the Wesley Sneijder update.

    Regards

    THBN Team
  69. Arsenal is like AIDS.
  70. PoshSpur is a fucking moron.
  71. thanx for the compliment, it seems there are some real football fans at Araenal and Spurs just a shame about all the knobheads with nothing constructive to talk about, and so it seems Arsenal also now have interest in Wesley Sniejder
  72. Darren's a fucking moron.
  73. i rest my case...
  74. Wenger is rubbish with a cheque-book. Look at Jeffers, Wright, Bronkhorst, Reyes...
  75. So has Martin Jol the ability to build the squad.... yes i think he has the ability and the backing of the board. Wenger didnt do it overnight and niether did Ferguson.
    He has been with us two Seasons one of wich he didnt start as the manager, i do worry about his tactics sometimes but have the feeling sometimes its more the fact we dont have enough quality players yet, as long as we dont do a Newcastle with knee jerk reactions all the time giving the manager no time to do his Job, they have even publicly stated Big Sam has only one season to prove himself,ok the target is only UEFA football but football teams must have a longer vision and give the managers a chance.

    I agree that at the moment you look like you are in the stronger position but for how long? We have some great youngsters coming up, adel has just made his move permanent and with signings like Bale we seem to be looking at the long term.

    But if Arsenal were to miss out on Champions League Football what then? I dont like the…
  76. Darren is a frightful bore.
  77. a dreadful bore just like Jol and his negative tactics
  78. Commoli was Wengers protege.
    Look who Spurs have signed since he became sporting director?
    Zokora(goon target)
    Berbatov(goon target)
    Bale(goon target)
    Taarabt(.....wait for it goon target)

    As for all this crap about red and white north london blah blah blah
    I have 2 words for you goons DIAL SQUARE.(south londons finest)
    Even your red colour comes from nottingham forest shirts you borrowed.
    When you decided to move your club away from the sewer(by the way,the stench remains with you to this day) you didn't even want to move to North London.You wanted to move to WEST London(you weren't wanted there).
    You bought your way into the top flight.You will ALWAYS BE A SOUTH LONDON CLUB and you should relocate to somewhere full of french speaking africans.I look forward to seeing Thierry Henry knock you out of europe when you play against whoever signs him
    COYS and
    F*CK OFF BACK TO SOUTH LONDON!
  79. Over 100 goals suggests his tactics aren't that negative.
  80. Berbatov wasn't an Arsenal target. Too much style.
  81. Gilberto to Juve, Rosicky to Inter, Henry to AC or Inter, RvP to Bayern, Senderos to Juve, Adebayor to ManU,

    oh

    and King

    to Arsenal.

    Get over it
  82. They must be getting worried that if they don't make the CL this season they'll lose their glory hunters. As a club with no roots in England, 60% of their fair weather support will drop away.

    Maybe they can do a MK Dons and move to France so their fans won't have so far to travel.
  83. would love to see the back of wenger,henry and cesc