'I learned a little there' reveals Nicklas Bendtner as he lifts lid on furious bust-up with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry | 46LAZ53 | 2024-02-28 09:08:01
Bendtner, 36, was a youth participant in the Gunners set-up at the time.
NICKLAS BENDTNER has lifted the lid on a furious bust-up he had with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry.
Bendtner, 36, was a youth participant in the Gunners set-up at the time.
The Dane recalled how the incident was sparked when he was referred to as out for a coaching match error after Henry had been spared criticism for a similar mistake moments earlier.
Chatting with Offside, by way of Tribal Football, he stated: "Thierry and I played on each of our groups in an 11 towards 11, and a mistake was made by him.
"It was missed by the coach, and I then made the same mistake, which was then referred to as out.
"And within the meantime, I had started to shout a bit and say that it wasn't fairly truthful.
"It wasn't fairly in a relaxed means.
"There was a little bit of expletives being shouted and so forth, where Henry then walked throughout the pitch and just stood and shouted into my head.
"And I shouted back a bit while the others stood and stated: 'Nicklas, you just should be quiet and that's now.'
"I discovered a bit there."
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Henry would go on to go away Arsenal for Barcelona in 2007, the yr Bendtner made his personal leap into the first workforce following a mortgage transfer to Birmingham the yr earlier than.
Bendtner performed 171 occasions beneath legendary boss Arsene Wenger, scoring 47 objectives and adding 22 assists.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> He retired in 2020 and has undergone a stunning body transformation.
But the French ace was not the only former team-mate he fell out with, famously feuding with Emmanuel Adebayor, whom he labelled an "odd fish".
Bendtner recalled in his 2020 book: "A brand new set of rules apply once I return from a mortgage season at Birmingham City.
"Like taking off your outside footwear before coming inside. That's one which Emmanuel Adebayor is basically into.
"I've been given a locker proper next to him as a result of I've been given squad quantity 26, whereas he plays with 25 on his again.
"The person from Togo together with his lengthy, skinny braids is an odd fish who takes some issues extra critically than everybody else put together.
"When he's mucking around himself it's one other story solely. One morning he's put on my training package and put his personal in my place.
"Once I discover this, he whispers to me with a shake of his head: 'Then you definitely'll simply have to make use of mine as an alternative, Nicklas. It's too late to vary now.'
Bendtner famously clashed with Emmanuel Adebayor in the 2008 League Cup semi-final[/caption]
"'Nicklas', 'Nicklas', all the time with 'Nicklas'. He uses my identify as if he have been talking to a small baby, and it triggers one thing in me.
"Perhaps it's a culture conflict — the Africans principally stick together. Then again, I get along fairly properly with Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure. It's solely Adebayor I can't stand."
Following a 2008 League Cup semi-final towards Tottenham, he added: "Tottenham once more, within the semi-final of the Carling Cup.
"After drawing the first leg 1-1 on the Emirates, we're 4-0 down.& Arsene Wenger& sends Eduardo and Adebayor on.
"On the best way previous me, Adebayor shouts that it's my fault he has to return on and waste his power: 'I'm right here since you're enjoying like s***.'
"It's not especially encouraging, and shortly after once we win a corner, we each hunt down the again publish. There's loads of pushing and jostling, and all of the sudden we're preventing each other.
<!--googleoff: all--> <blockquote class="article__quote"> </blockquote> <!--googleon: all--> "We push forwards and backwards whereas the Tottenham gamers watch in puzzlement. Afterwards, Adebayor claims I gave him the finger, but I don't keep in mind that.
"What I do keep in mind is him sticking his head ahead. That's the thing with him. He behaves illogically. Utterly unpredictably.
"I don't know if it's completely deliberate, nevertheless it seems like a headbutt proper on the bridge of my nostril. The blood gushes out and my nostril swells up. As if it's not large enough already.
"William Gallas rushes over and pulls us aside. However Adebayor isn't achieved with me. He needs to be escorted away while the referee books him.
"When the final whistle is blown, our arch-rivals have gained 5-1. It's our largest derby defeat in an eternity, and no one on the staff can bear it.
"In fact, personally I blame Adebayor, which might be overdoing it.
"But I really need to pay money for him for a quiet tete-a-tete, and I assume the sensation is mutual, as a result of one of many teaching employees has to hold him again in the gamers' tunnel.
"Once we lastly clash in the dressing room, we've got a whole lot of s*** to say to one another. Issues I wouldn't have the ability to utter 12 years later.
"Neither of us is holding again, and it has consequences. The boss fines us both two weeks' wages."
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