Last summer I would have been happy for Barça to sign Henry. A proven goalscorer who could have been the perfect replacement for Larsson. However, one year on and things are quite different.
First, Henry turned down the chance to come when he had obviously given some indication that he was going to sign. You don’t mess around with a club like Barça and then expect another chance. If he preferred Arsenal over Barça last season then he should live with that. I don’t understand how Laporta could even consider him.
Second, his comments after last season’s champions league final left a lot to be desired. “Maybe I should learn to dive, but I’m not a woman” Thierry must have had a sex change between the game against Barça and the World Cup as he showed by his theatrical skills in the France-Spain quarter final.
Third, I don’t think Henry is the player he was. This season he has had all sorts of injuries and would be a huge risk at his age(30 in August).
So I hope it is just newspaper rumours and nothing will come of it. While we are on the subject of summer signings, I don’t want the club to sign Frank Lampard either. He’s over-rated and not a player in the Barça mould. I predict he’d have the same sort of impact as Mark Van Bommel last season i.e. very little