Arsenal hero Emmanuel Petit admits he was extremely critical of legendary striker Thierry Henry’s “extremely arrogant” attitude when they were teammates.
The two Frenchman starred for the Gunners in the late 1990s, helping them to Premier League and FA Cup success.
Petit soon left for Barcelona, but enjoyed his best years with the Gunners, while Henry went on to become a club legend.
He recently told RMC: “I had a conversation with Titi [Henry] in front of Arsene Wenger when we were playing for Arsenal.
“There were five of us at a sponsor’s event, together with Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira.
“We had played a few days before, I think at Highbury, and Titi had scored twice.
“I hadn’t liked his celebration one little bit. He had gone over to the corner flag, with an extremely arrogant attitude.
“I told him that myself and some of the other players didn’t like the way he celebrated.
“He understandably didn’t take what I said at all well. But it was all too much as far as I was concerned.
“I challenged Arsene, and told him it wasn’t my job to tell Henry off – instead it was down to him.”
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