MADRID (AFP) - Thierry Henry has promised Barcelona fans that he's anxious to make up for last season's modest tally by scoring bags of goals in 2008-09.
Handicapped by a series of injuries and forced to play on the left by then manager Franck Rikjaard, Henry's harvest in the Liga last season was a mere dozen goals (19 in all competitions) whilst in his Arsenal days he was a regular 25 to 30 season man.
Henry, looking forward to playing more in the centre under new Barca coach Josep Guardiola, told the club's website on Tuesday: "I hope to do better this year as long as I'm not troubled by injuries.
"Last year I had to help out the defence, but this year my main objective is to score goals and in my preferred forward position."
Henry approaches the upcoming season after failing to make much of an impact in France's disappointing Euro 2008 campaign which saw the double former champions sent packing after the first round with just one point and one goal - which Henry scored in the 4-1 humbling by Holland.
The 30-year-old is training this week with the rest of the Barca squad in Scotland.
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I'm a liverpool fan and we all now how good Henry is with Ronaldihno, deco and maybe eto'o gone the team will almost definitely be built around him and messi then he will score 20+ goals and probably ruin it for all of us in the Champs League.
no offence to henry followers.. i think he has passed his prime when arsenal let him go to barca. and barca's style of play does't suit him coz at arsenal, he was the one who had majority possession of the ball when arsenal are attacking. at barca, the ball had to go through ronaldinho first, then there is messi, deco & xabi.. he was left alone on his own.. poor henry. hehe...
I can't wait to see how thiery henry plays this season; I just have a feeling he's still not going to impress. We'll see.
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