In news that will surely come as a shock to Arsenal supporters, one of their greatest ever players apparently wanted a move to Manchester United but ended up at Highbury because Sir Alex Ferguson didn’t want him. According to former head of security at Old Trafford, Ned Kelly, Thierry Henry should have been playing in the red of United rather than the Gunners. “In the tunnel after the game my phone goes, Eric’s [Cantona] older brother Jean-Marie says, ‘Ned, tell Alex [Ferguson] that Thierry Henry wants to come to the club,'” Kelly told beIN Sports and cited by The Sun. “Now this was before he went to Arsenal, his first choice was Manchester United. So I go to the boss and say,...
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