Thierry Henry is the greatest player to have ever graced the Premier League, says Alan Smith, with the Arsenal icon considered to have “reduced top-class opponents into helpless also-rans”.
The Gunners moved to free the French forward from a difficult spell at Juventus in the summer of 1999.
Henry arrived in north London was a World Cup winner, but seen more as a lively winger than a fearsome frontman.
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That all changed under the guidance of Arsene Wenger, with Henry tallying a club-record haul of 228 goals for the Gunners over the course of two spells.