Thierry Henry makes a sad confession about Arsenal

After the unprecedented protests against Arsenal’s owners, Henry has made a sad confession about the club he still adores.

Thierry Henry has confessed he barely recognizes Arsenal anymore following the tumultuous events of the past week.

The Gunners were one of the 12 founding clubs for the aborted European Super League. The announcement caused a widespread wave of fury across Europe and from even their own supporters.

Despite the club’s majority shareholder Stan Kroenke and the board pulling out of the competition, and issuing a public apology, the fans remain furious and demand a change in ownership.

They even descended on the Emirates prior to Friday’s 1-0 Premier League defeat to Everton to protest against Kroenke.

“This club belongs to the fans, I love the club and I will support the club until I die, but I do not recognize my club and what happened just now, with them trying to join a league that would have been closed, makes no sense to me,” Henry told the Daily Telegraph.

“They have been running the club like a company, not a football club, and they showed their hand.

“Maybe it’s a lack of understanding of the core football values and maybe the money was too big of a temptation. But whatever it was, they got it wrong. Badly wrong.”

On the protests, Henry continued: “I was genuinely shocked like most people and couldn’t believe what was unfolding.

“I have never talked before, but what happened recently made me realize fans, this is your club. It is your club and I’m an Arsenal fan too. I’m proud of what the fans achieved. Not just Arsenal fans, all the fans.

“The result was a victory for football.”

Henry’s legacy as a footballer is closely tied to Arsenal. He played for the Gunners in two separate spells between 1999 and 2012, and he scored a club-record 228 goals in 376 games.

The former Arsenal captain was even part of the famous ‘Invincibles’ that won the 2003/04 Premier League title without a single defeat.

“I remember when I arrived, not the Tottenham fans or our rivals, but a lot of the time I used to hear, ‘My second team, if I had to pick one, is Arsenal’, because of the history, the culture, the class, the family,” added Henry.

“But I don’t hear that or see that anymore, and it pains me. We need to get that image back.

“We need our identity back.”