Barca won't rule out Henry
Barcelona sporting director Txiki Beguiristain has told Sky Sports
that the Catalan giants would be open to reigniting their interest
in Thierry Henry if the striker shows an interest in leaving
Arsenal.
Henry rejected the chance to join Barca in order to commit his
future to The Gunners last summer, but talk of a switch to Camp Nou
has refused to subside and reports indicate that he is again being
courted by the Liga champions.
Whilst both Henry and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger have maintained in
public that the club's all-time record goalscorer will not be
leaving Emirates Stadium, Spanish sources claim that negotiations
have already begun behind the scenes.
In light of Henry's apparent u-turn last summer, Barca are
reluctant to put all their eggs in one basket, but Beguiristain has
left the door open to a potential transfer should Henry decide his
future lies away from London.
"When great players show this desire to play for Barcelona, then we
can talk and see if their arrival will be beneficial to the
balancing of the squad as a whole," the Barca supremo told Sky
Sports.
"It seemed like he wanted to come and play here for a while [last
year], but then he changed his mind and decided to stay where he
was.
"There was initial contact as we thought he was keen to come but it
was fairly pointless as he had changed his mind and wanted to stay
put, so we let it drop."
