Words of praise and encouragement from legend to would be legends.


After scoring 226 times for Arsenal FC, Thierry Henry has now quit the North London stage to gun for more titles-and records, with Spanish clubside, FC Barcelona. Henry has already recorded his first official goal for the Catalan giants. On the other side of the divide, where Henry once lived, another Catalan player, Cesc Fabregas is making waves and setting the English soccer scene on fire. Along with his team of new and young, ambitious players, Fabregas has made Arsenal FC the team to beat in England, and slowly extending their youthful influence to Europe as well. Thierry is happy for the young wards he left behind:

Cesc is a unique player. When you look at Cesc and the way he plays, it is like he is 30, with the way he sees the game, the way he plays, the way he views the match, everything. Mentally, he's already at the top. And one of the best things about him is that he doesn't like to lose. To be a winner, you need to have the correct attitude like that. And that's a good thing for Arsenal. It's his generation in charge now, and it's their responsibility to win titles.

The goal record holder is happy to be in Spain, a country he has never played in before, having lived in France, Italy and England. Henry feels the Spanish experience is more than a handful:

Life is great here. Everybody has been really good to me since I arrived. The town and the stadium are great, so are the team. Everybody is cool here, the staff and the fans have been great so far. I feel okay, the only difference is in training you have the press - and they want to come back home and sleep with you. They are just always there. It is a big change from England and Arsenal where I was playing. The press were never there in training, you had no fans in training and here it is always like this. At the beginning it is not like a shock, but you are like-Whoa, is it always like this? After, though, you do get used to it.

Thierry Henry will anchor FC Barcelona's attack tonight against Real Zaragoza in the match day 5 La Liga encounter.