Thierry Henry sends a message to the USMNT players in Europe
The French legend sent a message to the USMNT players in Europe, telling them that they had to earn respect and will not have it handed to them.
Charlie Davis and Clint Dempsey, two big names of soccer in their country, said that USMNT players in Europe are looked down upon and under-appreciated by the media, managers, players and fans of various leagues around the continent.
“Regardless of anywhere you go, you have to earn your respect, it’s earned and not given. But saying that, there are times that I felt I couldn’t be just as good as the other English, British, Irish and Scottish players, I had to be better than them on the field”, said Clint Dempsey to CBS Sports.
However, when Thierry Henry picked up the microphone, he disagreed about the inferred prejudice from the words of Davies and Dempsey, saying that North American players such as Gio Reyna, Weston McKennie, Ricardo Pepi and Christian Pulisic, have to win their place on the pitch.
“I can give you a lot of players who had to battle where they were from or what they had to go through to reach whatever league”, Henry said, “nobody is going to give you anything, it’s about earning respect. You have to show you can win; once you show them you can win, they’re going to love you. You’re nationality doesn’t matter.”
“I love basketball”, he continued, “do you think the European players don’t have it hard coming to NBA? Who dominates in NBA? Antetokounmpo, Jokic, Doncic... do you stop? Or do you try your respect? Whether you’re from America or Liberia. Look at Geroge Weah, he had to earn his place in the AC Milan side when they could only have three foreigners in their team... I think if you have to battle and you say to yourself ‘I cannot do something because’, then stay
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