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On the airwaves of RMC, Emmanuel Petit told a little anecdote about Thierry Henry, who was his teammate at Arsenal. The former French midfielder said he had a frank discussion with his striker about a celebration he had considered “arrogant”.
“I had this conversation with Titi in front of Arsène Wenger when we were playing at Arsenal. We were doing a sponsorship thing, there were five of us. There was Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira… We had played a few days before. Titi had scored a double, I think, at Highbury. I didn’t like his celebration at all. He went to the corner post, with an extremely arrogant attitude. I told him that me and some players didn’t like how he celebrated “, says the 1998 world champion.
A remark that did not really please the top scorer in the history of the Blues (51 goals). “He did not take it well, rightly, admits Petit. It was too much for my taste. I had called Arsène to tell him that it was not for me to say it, but for him. “
