Henry didn't have the best possible introduction to life at Highbury. Arsenal had just been forced to sell crowd favourite Nicholas Anelka and the man chosen to replace him was a winger who had failed to make it at Juventus.

Arsene Wenger, however, had complete faith in his compatriot and with good reason. Scary pace allied with breathtaking skill, Henry's talents eventually started to emerge as he developed into one of the world's best strikers with the ability to score apparently impossible goals from anywhere on the pitch.