Henry ends superstar shirt swap debate with mic drop WC final Ronaldo claim
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry spent his playing career leaving fans in awe, and proved he still has that effect in retirement by leaving his fellow panellists speechless during CBS' Champions League coverage on Wednesday.
Henry, sitting alongside Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, former Fulham and Tottenham forward Clint Dempsey and ex-Manchester City star Micah Richards, was asked for his best shirt swap throughout his iconic career, which included glorious spells with the Gunners, Barcelona and the French national team.
Carragher revealed he owns a Real Madrid Steve McMannaman shirt, while Dempsey's prized possession is Steven Gerrard's 2010 World Cup shirt from the infamous 'Robert Green game' in South Africa. And Richards could look no further than one of Henry's Arsenal shirts.
But the charismatic Frenchman, 46, blew them all out of the water with his favourite memento from his career. "Ronaldo, final of the World Cup '98," he said nonchalantly, adding the Brazilian's shirt resides "in a box somewhere" rather than having pride of place in a frame.
Carragher responded with childish excitement, shouting "Wow" while the assembled audience at the waterfront studio in Miami was also hugely impressed.
Henry added that he gave his shirt to Ronaldo in turn, although the Frenchman, aged 20 at the time, was an unused substitute that day. Ironically, the game in question was the most infamous of "R9's" stellar career. He had dominated throughout the 1998 tournament in France with four goals, establishing himself as perhaps the greatest player on the planet.
But things went awry on the day of the final, with rumours that the then Inter Milan star had gone down sick. He was duly left out of the lineup as kick-off neared, only for him
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