Arsenal: 30 Greatest Players Of All Time

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1. Thierry Henry

Great players change the way the game is played. Di Stefano introduced unheralded levels of skill and creativity. Pele brought flair and passion. Zidane gave us elegance and artistry. Henry brought pace and power mixed with sublime skill. He is the reason many support Arsenal to this day. The run down the channel, the shift inside and the curling shot into the far right corner. Henry’s trademark.

It is something special to behold when a once-in-a-generation player is playing at his best. Arsenal had such luck with Henry. Playing alongside Dennis Bergkamp, flanked by Pires and Ljungerg, the quartet showed why football truly is the beautiful game. The skill they shared, the awareness, the flair. The moments of brilliance that others wouldn’t dream of replicating. That is what Wenger’s side possessed, and none more so than Henry.

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The French superstar struggled when he first arrived on foreign soil. He didn’t score in his first games. He looked slow, weak and lost. These struggles, however, would remain a thing of the past. He went on to score 26 goals in his debut season, and from the turn of the millennium, it was a matter of when, rather than if, Henry would become Arsenal’s greatest player.

Scoring 226 goals in 369 games, Henry is the all-time record goal scorer, but unlike Ian Wright before him, Henry offered more than just rippling the back of the net. The imperious striker was instrumental in the way Arsenal played. His relationship with Bergkamp was telepathic, his game, other-worldly. It was truly sensational to watch the striker in full flight. He floated across the pitch, waltzing around opposing defenders.

They say the greatest sportsman make it look easy, and none did so more than Henry. It is difficult to differentiate between him and his partner, but whoever you see as the greatest player of all time, celebrate the wonder of the two sharing a field at