Jose Mourinho has revealed that Thierry Henry came close to joining Barcelona, when he was at the Spanish club as Sir Bobby Robson’s assistant.
The current Chelsea boss says they eventually lost the Arsenal legend “by an inch” to Juventus in 1999. Henry spent six months in Turin, before Arsene Wenger signed him.
“When I was an assistant in Barcelona with Mr (Bobby) Robson in 1996 (we tried to sign him). He was in Monaco and he went to Juventus, we lost him by an inch,” Mourinho told talkSPORT.
“After that he was not on my radar because it was never a possibility to come to my teams. Could you imagine in that moment leaving Arsenal to come to Chelsea? I wouldn’t imagine that.
“He’s the kind of player that you need forever, especially in the Premier League where he was more than any other place.
“He was OK in Barcelona and the (France) national team, but the real Thierry Henry, the player that we are all going to miss for ever, is the one that made unbelievable seasons and incredible history in the Premier League.”
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