Thierry Henry

Position: Striker

Age: 34

Birth Date: Aug 17, 1977 Birth Place: Paris, France

Height: 1.85m (6'1″) Weight: 83.2 kg (183 lbs)

Thierry Henry has returned to play for the Gunners on loan from the New York Red Bulls of MLS.

However busy Gerland gardeners may have been to ensure this game would not be cancelled due to the current cold wave striking in Europe, the French football authorities tried to get a few more degrees in anticipating it to 4.15 PM instead of 9PM, in the hope that a few sunrays would heat up the atmosphere.

A Chinese Internet company has said it is paying French football player Nicolas Anelka 2.7 million euros ($3.4 million) to endorse a new online game, as the striker gears up for his first season in China.

Chasing the Big Leagues Clermont Foot (France Ligue 2) is a post from: Just Football

Introducing a new series on Just Football now Tales from Tier Two, in which we will be taking a look at how the season is unfolding for the promotion chasing teams around tier two of Europe's major leagues.

Liverpool has joined the race for Dijon midfielder Benjamin Corgnet, according to French sports daily L'Equipe.
The 24-year-old who was playing amateur football two years ago, has already attracted the interest of Lyon and Newcastle United, with the pair consistently linked with the midfielder.
But now Liverpool is taking a close interest in Corgnet and have had the Thionville native watched several times recently.

Today's the day football gets rediscovered in Singapore with the Daftly Named LionsX11 hosting Kelantan at the Jalan Besar Stadium and all 7,500 tickets sold out.
One round of SLeague games, six games, would never have accumulated that many fans yet they come crawling out the woodwork for this game.

Joe Cole was the flagship signing of the ill-fated Roy Hodgson era, and he was a Rafa signing that Hodgson inherited. For me, like Bellamy, Cole was not given chances to impress at Anfield. It was also unfortunate that he got sent off in his very first game for Liverpool against Arsenal.

As you think about David Beckham – Will he? Won't he? Where did his love for us go? – and whether he'll keep the Good Ship Becks docked in Don Garber Harbor, let's talk quickly about shifting values and diminishing returns.

In a way, Beckham and the attached regiments of Brand Beckham are no different than any other goods, like a camera, a coffee maker or those awful and gaudy Christmas sweaters.

Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com

Depending on whom you believe, David Beckham is either set to make a dent on the Paris-St. Germain payroll or is still very much a free agent.

Despite front-page reports in France that Beckham has signed an 18-month deal with PSG, people in his camp have strongly denied that a deal has been completed.

Throughout history the number 13 has been associated with misfortune, not only were there thirteen people present at the last supper there were also thirteen contestants in the first series of UK Big Brother. The connection between the number and bad luck has found its way into football in the past.

Why it's no surprise the likes of Arsenal and Newcastle are sniffing around Montpellier's stars

MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

In the qualification group stage process in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League, the fight to qualify in Group B looks to be quite a difficult task for all teams concerned.
The Italian outfit Inter Milan have won Group B by a achieving a total of 10 points, with no other team being able to catch them.

By CALEB SONNELAND

When the French Football Association announced its men's and women's Ballon d'Or finalists for 2011, the usual suspects were all accounted for — with one American in the mix.

The La Liga trio of Lionel Messi, Xavi and Cristiano Ronaldo are set to contend for the men's award, while Marta, Homare Sawa and Abby Wambach will vie for the women's prize.

Why Javier Pastore's form has flickered out after a bright start at PSG

MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

A proposal: when we wile away the hours compiling lists of the Greatest Ever Footballers, we are doing a disservice to this form of discourse if we do not take its premises seriously. To pretend that we can go on existing without this genetically-hewn proclivity for reducing the world to an Excel document is both futile and obscene, and we've no interest in arguing as to whether Grand Ranking is really a childish waste of everyone's time.

Last weekend saw the Scottish Football Blog's 24 hour blogathon.
24 hours, 24 posts, 16665 words.
And so far over £840 raised for Alzheimer Scotland and the Homeless World Cup.
Time for some belated but heartfelt thanks. Sorry if I've missed anyone out, I'll try and catch everyone on what promises to be a lengthy follow Friday list on Twitter today.

Why Le Classique is shaping up to the best since the Marseille kids upset PSG in 2006

MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

Absolutely delighted to welcome blogging legend and French football's main man Andrew Gibney to the party this hour.
Indefatigable, Andrew can be found all over the internet including The Mirror's football blog and, nominated as one of the year's best new blog, French Football Weekly.
Follow him @AGibneyFtbl
Here's Andrew on relegation issues in France and England:
From years of following Scottish football you get drawn into a malaise of comfort-ability.

The Interview: Just Football meets Jonathan Pitroipa is a post from: Just Football

Jonathan Pitroipa's transfer to Rennes in Summer 2011 immediately looked a very shrewd piece of business when the Burkina Faso international took to Ligue 1 like a duck to water, instantly endearing himself to supporters with his dazzling pace and trickery down both flanks and a hugely welcome, late, point-rescuing goal against Paris-Saint Germain in a 1-1 draw early in the season.

French football expert Ben Lyttleton has today talked about how well Newcastle have done, with their concentration recently in buying French-based players. Alain Traore could arrive in January? With the game against Manchester City coming up on Saturday, Newcastle are getting some good publicity for their terrific start to the season.

The Interview: Just Football meets Kader Mangane is a post from: Just Football

Just Football was recently invited to PUMA's African football 2012 kit launch at the Design Museum in London. While there we were able to mingle and chat with various stars of the African football world.

Ryad Boudebouz is the star of Sochaux's show but can they keep him out of Liverpool's clutches?

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

We're only 12 weeks in but Ligue Un is already PSG's to lose

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

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"Making the Arsenal" – the book of Arsenal's decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal

by Billy le chien

I do like to keep the occasional eye on French football, particularly our loan player, ex-player and indeed the surrogate Man City that Paris St Germain has become.

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Spurs continue to be linked to a number of African strikers and the latest of these is 26 year old Senegalese Moussa Sow. Currently at Lille, Sow has 12 caps for his country scoring five goals to date and his performances this season have caught the eye of a number of scouts across Europe.

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Forget Pastore and Hazard: here's four stars you might not know of making a splash in Ligue 1

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

As far as the rumour mills are concerned, the race is on for Spurs to find the new Ledley King and after on-going target Gary Cahill has been linked with Barcelona today, there is a suggestion that the club could look abroad.

One name mentioned is that of Lorient centre half Bruno Ecuele Manga, a 23 year old Gabonese international with 20 caps for his country to date.

Champions League Group Stages – Matchday 2 – Sep 27, 2011.

My good performances are only coming out because the team is a well oiled machine right now and they are creating far more chances for me than I used to get, and that's because there is more quality in our play.

The Lyon roars under new Garde

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

How Javier Pastore stole Joe Cole's thunder in France this week

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

By Alan Duffy

We have been blessed with a multitude of truly hideous, often quirky and occasionally mediocre music videos made by those usually more comfortable with a ball at their feet than a microphone in their hand.

So here, in order of chart performance, is a hand-picked, sun-ripened assortment of five of the best/worst of the footballer/pop genre.

Joe Cole is ready to immerse himself in French football and claims he is looking forward to taking on a new challenge at Lille.
The midfielder secured a loan switch to the reigning Ligue 1 champions during the summer transfer window, having been deemed surplus to requirements at Liverpool.
The 29-year-old had plenty of offers to stay in England, allowing him to remain in the Premier League, but he has opted to broaden his horizons in foreign climes.

Defensive dilemma for Deschamps, while Pastore saves the day for Kombuare

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

My fellow Liverpool followers, our long national nightmare is over. Joe Cole has completed a loan deal with French club Lille that will see him head to the League 1 side for the coming season. Liverpool will, unfortunately, pay roughly 60% of his bloated salary over the coming year, a fact that shows Cole's priorities lie in receiving a pay day more than in receiving consistent first team football.

Transfer deadline day round-up

• Sunderland's Anton Ferdinand set for medical at QPR • Stoke agree fee with Birmingham for Cameron Jerome • Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen signs for Evian QPR have agreed a fee with Sunderland for their 26-year-old defender Anton Ferdinand.

After a thrilling result on Wednesday, Arsenal were drawn as a top seed in the Champions League group draw today, Thursday August 25.

Being seeded meant we avoided such big names as Barcelona, Inter, Bayern and Madrid, but anyone who watches Champions League regularly knows that lower seeded teams can prove difficult.

How long can Montpellier keep the big guns off the top of Ligue 1? PLUS: the week in French football

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Thursday is Ligue 1 day, and here's French Football Weekly's Andrew Gibney with his take on events across the Channel.

Arsene Wenger has announced the Samir Nasri is in the squad for tomorrow's game against Liverpool. This will be a very interesting game for Nasri, he will play in the playmaker position that he has wanted to play in for some time, yet the fans will not forgive him nor will they greet him with the adulation that they showed last season.