Summers are known for two things in the football world- the scarcity of the sport that everyone loves to watch and the inevitable rumours of players leaving Arsenal. Who will it be this year, Vieira to Real? Pires to Inter? Henry to Barca? Ashley Cole to Chelsea? These are many of the questions that have plagued Gooners across the world. Coming into this week, Vieira had gone to Inter Milan via Juventus two years earlier, Pires had gone to Villareal, Ashley Cole had gone to Chelsea in a part swap for William Gallas yet one person remained- Thierry Henry. For the past eight years, Henry had awed not just Arsenal fans with his pace, vision and skill but the whole of the Premiership. Defenders knew not where to turn when the Frenchman ran at them, knowing committing themselves could leave them grasping at a red and white shirt that had just slipped the ball through their legs, or even worse left them flat on their backsides as Henry has done to too many defenders these past years at Arsenal. However, Barca came calling and instability at his loved Arsenal as well as a desire to win things led him to the only other club he said "played the Arsenal way". Here I compare and contrast the likely replacements for Henry, a list that has been compiled by meticulously searching transfer websites for every hint of a possible signing, no doubt like thousands of Arsenal fans across the globe are doing.
I have chosen five players for this list, and it is shown below
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