Toon want £15m Thierry Henry

• zocoss

  25 Apr 08, 12:07

  

   

  KEVIN KEEGAN will launch a sensational £15million raid to bring Thierry Henry back to England this summer. The Newcastle boss has told Mike Ashley the French superstar tops his wanted list and the Toon owner is prepared to give Keegan the green light to land his man.

  Henry has not settled at Barcelona since his move from Arsenal last June and is seriously considering quitting the Nou Camp at the end of the season. A shock move to Major League Soccer in America has been mentioned but the prospect of being the main man for one of the most passionate sets of fans in Europe is a strong lure.

  Henry, 30, spent eight years at Arsenal before joining Barca for £16.1million. Yet his dream move has turned into a nightmare and he was unhappy again at starting on the bench against Manchester United on Wednesday. He has three years left on his deal but the Spaniards would let him go if they could claw back most of what they paid out.

  Any fee would be a drop in the ocean for billionaire Sports Direct owner Ashley. There were suggestions he would try to sell up this summer but a run of good results has KO’d that. Instead, the Toon supremo wants to bring a “sexy” global name to the club.

  Keegan is convinced Henry could have a similar effect on fans as Alan Shearer’s arrival did in 1996. And Toon insiders believe the Frenchman would be lured by the prospect of being the big man on Tyneside. Henry also wants to return to England to see more of his young daughter, Tea.

• gunner77

  25 Apr 08, 15:18

  back to arsenal, not the toon

• brokenluv

  25 Apr 08, 16:16

  its wierd to see henry at the toon, an underacheiving club

• UnLeAsH_cHa0s

  25 Apr 08, 17:48

  next patrick kluivert in the making?

• glacer

  25 Apr 08, 19:48

  If he really heads to Newcastle, i would love to see how he get jeered in the Emirates and also how he and Owen can work together

• Sienx

  25 Apr 08, 21:27

  lol he will nvr go to the toon side...

• jonchao72

  25 Apr 08, 22:03

  i bet he wont want the toons

• felirox

  26 Apr 08, 02:31

  Lol newcastle is a joke.

• Resentment

  27 Apr 08, 22:30

  no champons league , bottom half of the premier league table , got nothing. still want henry? now is henry want toon a not first? LOL

• dragg

  29 Apr 08, 07:13

  newcastle need to be more sensible in their purchases.

   

• youyayu

  29 Apr 08, 22:27

  i wonder who in newcastle will be able to match henry style of playing.. pls..
  get someone like shearer soon =.=