Henry's off, so who's next?

• zocoss

  23 Jun 07, 10:00

  
  Cesc Fabregas: Next to go?
  
  IS Thierry Henry's exit the tipping point for Arsenal - a year after they reached the Champions League final? Long-serving vice-chairman David Dein shocked insiders by quitting the Gunners just weeks ago.
  
  Now one of the greatest players in Arsenal's history has seemingly done a U-turn, joining Barcelona 12 months after resisting their heavy overtures. And Gunners chief Arsene Wenger is on the shortlist to boss Barca's Spanish rivals Real Madrid. But have Arsenal acted shrewdly in off-loading skipper Henry - 30 in August - after his modest season beset by injuries?
  
  Or is the departure of the Gunners' greatest ever goalscorer the opening of a one-way conveyor belt out of the Emirates Stadium for their hottest talents? Midfielder Cesc Fabregas, the stylish leader of Arsenal's new generation, insists his future depends on that of Wenger. And there is a real split within the Gunners' camp on whether they need a mega-millionaire from overseas to maintain their place among the Premiership's four-club elite.
  
  So have Arsenal been wise or wayward in letting Henry leave? Is this the start of the end for Wenger's golden era? Or can they stun English football by bouncing back in the way Manchester United did to land the title after ousting heroes Andrei Kanchelskis, Paul Ince and Mark Hughes in 1995 in favour of kids?
  
  
• a-Lost-9uY

  23 Jun 07, 10:45

  Wenger off
• stellazio

  23 Jun 07, 13:11

  Wenger will leave, followed by Fabregas back to spain.
• Patrik

  23 Jun 07, 13:23

  
• omgukilledkenny

  23 Jun 07, 14:17

  Wenger to take over Rijkaard
• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  23 Jun 07, 14:18

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  Wenger to take over Rijkaard

  no wonder 16million only
• LazerLordz

  23 Jun 07, 14:19

  It's a big gamble this year, and everyone knows it.
  
  On the flip side, it could galvanise the entire squad because now Arsenal has been written off as a club in a mess.
• The man who was death

  23 Jun 07, 15:24

  Arsenal need to do a everton....
• used

  23 Jun 07, 15:33

  no one. since they finally have money, they should be signing someone big and not another youngster
• 4getmenot

  23 Jun 07, 20:11

  Originally posted by used:

  no one. since they finally have money, they should be signing someone big and not another youngster

  Yup, but it doesn;t seem to be the case at the moment.. wif the possibility of Henry and Arsene leaving, who knows who may follow in their departure? lets not forget both this two personality has great influence on the team as well as the club.. i dun like arsenal , but next to United, Arsenal is the team i would spend a saturday night watching the match live at home.
• LinkageII

  23 Jun 07, 20:14

  arsenal's future is in doubt atm..