Didier Drogba and another former Chelsea striker are the two players who Thierry Henry has stated he wishes he could have played with in the Premier League. During his tenure at Highbury, the Arsenal legend had the good fortune to play with some of the greatest in the industry, including Ashley Cole, Patrick Vieira, and Dennis Bergkamp.
The 47-year-old, however, talked about the guys he didn’t get to play with despite all the amazing ones he did play with. Henry shared his opinions about Drogba and another French player he was fortunate to play with on the national team during Monday Night Football, when Jamie Carragher was presenting his ranking of the top ten strikers in Premier League history.
One player Henry wishes he had played with is Drogba.
Nicolas Anelka was also specifically mentioned by the Arsenal legend.
Henry waxed poetic about the former Ivorian international and said he wished he could have played alongside the striker and Nicolas Anelka in the Premier League when the subject of Drogba was brought up during Carragher’s rankings, where the former defender ranked him fifth above players like Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer:
“You have two players that I would’ve loved to have played with in the Premier League. Him [Drogba] and Anelka. I would’ve loved to have played with Anelka up front and him because I think both of us up front…problem. Big problem.
“I saw him the other day and I said ‘imagine if we played together.’ He [Drogba] didn’t like to go out of the area and I was more of a mover, a bit everywhere. It would’ve been a bit of a problem. And let’s not forget, I know he’s not on this list but Anelka was a problem also. I would’ve loved to play with Nicolas at Arsenal.
Fortunately, Drogba and Henry remained on different sides of London for the three years they played English football together, even if that would have been a terrifying proposition for Premier League defenders to handle.
Henry did have the opportunity to play alongside the once-highly-regarded wonderkid on an international level, though, thanks to Anelka. The former Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers forward, however, only missed the legendary Arsenal number 14 in club football because he departed the team a month before Henry joined from Juventus.
