barcelona paid €6.8 (£4.6) million per season for thierry henry to be transferred to barcelona.
barcelona paid €6.8 (£4.6) million per season for thierry henry to be transferred to barcelona.
how much did barcelona pay for thierry henry to be transferred to barcelona?
€6.8 (£4.6) million per season
on 25 june 2007, in an unexpected turn of events, henry was transferred to barcelona for €24 million. he signed a four-year deal for a reported €6.8 (£4.6) million per season. it was revealed that the contract included a release clause of €125 (£84.9) million. henry cited the departure of dein and continued uncertainty over wenger's future as reasons for leaving, and maintained that "i always said that if i ever left arsenal it would be to play for barcelona." despite their captain's departure, arsenal got off to an impressive start for the 2007–08 campaign, and henry said that his presence in the team might have been more of a hindrance than a help. he stated, "because of my seniority, the fact that i was captain and my habit of screaming for the ball, they would sometimes give it to me even when i was not in the best position. so in that sense it was good for the team that i moved on." henry left arsenal as the club's leading all-time league goalscorer with 174 goals and leading all-time goalscorer in european competitions with 42 goals; in july 2008, arsenal fans voted him as arsenal's greatest player ever in arsenal.com's gunners' greatest 50 players poll.
thierry henry
at shenzhen pingan li yi would quickly establish himself with the team and at the end of the 2000 football league season he would score 9 goals from 21 appearances. during his time at shenzhen he experienced significant success winning the chinese super league in 2004 as well as playing a significant role in the shenzen team that reached the semi-finals of the 2005 afc champions league by scoring two critical goals in-game and the third goal in over time, for a 3–1 win against al-ahli (jeddah) of saudi arabia and being their top goalscorer with 5 goals. within the tournament unconfirmed comments on the internet about li claiming his ball shielding is similar and comparable to fifa world cup winner thierry henry, made him a target for much criticism from home fans. viewing his off-field comments as pretentious he earned a nickname imperator li yi the great, and eventually became an internet meme among chinese netizens. in fact, li never said such words. he did mention thierry henry after a 2005 afc champions league group stage match which shenzhen beat suwon samsung bluewings 1–0 at home. he said that he shielded the ball in the corner flag area in the injury time to ensure the victory, just like thierry henry did. the medium misrepresented his comments because they believed that saying li's ball shielding was comparable to thierry henry can be more attracting.
li yi (footballer)