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堅???搵下料先..............

BBC News...未正式宣佈


Barcelona close in on Henry deal
Thierry Henry
Henry is Arsenal's record goalscorer
Thierry Henry is on the verge of joining Barcelona from Arsenal, BBC Sport understands.

Sources close to the Catalan club have told the BBC they expect to make an official announcement about the 29-year-old within the next day or so.

The BBC understands the fee is in the region of £16m and Henry will sign a four-year deal.

Henry signed a new four-year contract with the Gunners last year and said he would stay for the rest of his career.

But he appeared to cast doubt on his future in June when he said he was flattered by interest from AC Milan.

       
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This came after he said he was "devastated" when Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein left the club in April because of "irreconcilable differences" with the rest of the board.

Both AC Milan and Barcelona had declared their interest in the player, who has constantly been linked with a big-money move away from Arsenal for the last few summers.

Henry's agent Jeff Weston told BBC Sport "The SEM Group have no comment to make" but did not deny the reports.

Earlier in June, the agency rubbished reports from France that the Arsenal star had agreed a provisional three-year contract with Barcelona.

Former Arsenal team-mate Patrick Vieira told BBC Five Live that he feared Henry would leave the Gunners if the Premiership side did not bring several world-class players.

"If Arsenal bring two or three big names that will show Thierry that they want to compete," said the current Inter Milan player.

Thierry Henry
Henry missed much of last season due to injury

"If that's not the case Thierry will ask himself what is the best for him."

Henry began his career as a winger with Monaco in 1994 under the supervision of current Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

He was in France's 1998 World Cup winning squad and went on to join Juventus the following season.

But his time in Turin was a largely unsuccessful one and the player was soon heading to north London with Wenger keen to get the best out of the prodigious talent.

The France international has since blossomed into one of the greatest talents in world football.

He helped Arsenal to two league titles and three FA Cups, and led the Gunners to the finals of the 2000 Uefa Cup and 2006 Champions League.

In February 2006, he became the first Arsenal player to score over 200 goals for the club with a strike against Birmingham.

His consistency in front of goal has seen him finish as the Premier League's top scorer on four occasions, while he has won the PFA Players' Player of the Year title on two occasions and the football writers' player of the year three times.

Henry has also twice finished runner-up in the Fifa world player of the year.


咁睇黎雲加都要走了....

[ Last edited by autod on 2007-6-23 at 03:34 AM ]

autod

一旦成真...阿仙奴既目標睇怕係入頭四了.......
又或者係先苦後甜....新人多d機會,夾幾年到當打時默契超好就大殺四方.......... 樂觀咁諗.....

autod

BBC updated news...


Henry confirms Barcelona transfer

Thierry Henry says he is quitting Arsenal to join Spanish giants Barcelona on a four-year deal.

"I still must pass a medical on Monday but yes, I have chosen Barcelona," the 29-year-old striker told French sports daily L'Equipe on Saturday.

Barcelona had already revealed that they were close to bringing Henry to the Nou Camp in a £16m deal.

Barcelona vice-president Ferran Soriano told Spanish sports newspaper Marca that talks were at an "advanced" stage.


Soriano revealed that it was "the wish of all parties" for an agreement to be reached for the transfer of Henry.

He also insisted that they waited for the green light from Arsenal before making a move for the striker, who is the club's all-time record goalscorer.

"We don't want to point a gun at anybody," said Soriano. "We have good relationships with the European clubs."

Henry, who has also been linked with European champions AC Milan, only agreed a lucrative new deal with Arsenal 12 months ago and declared his intention to see out his playing days at the Emirates Stadium.

But the World Cup winner recently admitted the shock exit of Gunners vice-chairman David Dein last season had been unsettling for everyone at the club.

       
Henry, who missed the final two months of last season through injury, said less than a fortnight ago: "Last season, people were announcing all over the place that I was leaving.

"Some people wrote that it would happen for sure but at the end of the day I stayed at Arsenal. It could be the same this year.

"I have not taken any decision and my name is not up on any departures board. If something happens, I will tell everybody."

The news about Henry came on top of further speculation about the future of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon claimed the Frenchman was on their shortlist of targets should Fabio Capello leave the Bernabeu.

Henry's agent Jeff Weston told BBC Sport that he had "no comment to make" but did not deny the reports.


冇走雞了..................byebye henry

[ Last edited by autod on 2007-6-23 at 03:01 PM ]

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From SI.com

Barcelona will pay $32 million for Henry, who signed a 4-year deal, Cadena Ser radio and the newspaper El Pais said.

32M就似樣好多...........等官方消息吧...

autod

Originally posted by 艾力克 at 2007-6-23 03:09 PM:

但到時其他隊都已經練到好好默契啦 ...

雖然我唔係阿記fans.....但都為英超少左個球星而覺得可惜.....