'He couldn't hit a barn door!': Ray Parlour reveals Arsenal stars thought it would be impossible to win the title with Thierry Henry as he struggled with his finishing... and says Dennis Bergkamp was a BETTER player

Arsenal stars feared they had no chance of winning the Premier League when Thierry Henry first arrived at the club, Ray Parlour has revealed.

Henry was a World Cup winner when he arrived in 1999 but had struggled as a wide man at Juventus before Arsene Wenger transformed him into a leading striker.

But the Frenchman struggled to hit his stride at Highbury and failed to find the back of the net in any of his first seven league appearances before netting away at Southampton.

Ray Parlour made an appearance on Sky Sports News' The Football Show on Wednesday

Arsenal players feared they had bought a dud when Thierry Henry arrived, said Parlour

Parlour believes Dennis Bergkamp was a better all-round player than his strike partner

'Henry was amazing, when he first turned up, we thought he couldn't hit a barn door.