Thierry Henry announced Dennis Bergkamp is the best player he ever shared a pitch with while providing Champions League coverage for CBS Sports on Tuesday.
The programme's presenter Kate Abdo put the Arsenal legend on the spot asking: "Who is the best player you played alongside?"
To which Henry responded without hesitation: "Dennis Bergkamp." Abdo questioned the Frenchman's pick, asking: "Not [Lionel] Messi?"
But Belgium assistant coach Henry stood by his original response: "Dennis Bergkamp. Is it quickfire? Dennis Bergkamp."
Henry won two Premier League titles and three FA Cups alongside Bergkamp, who is regarded as one of Arsenal's greatest ever players.
In an interview with The Independent, Henry said: "I have always said Dennis Bergkamp will remain the best partner I have ever had. He is a dream for a striker."
"I knew everything he had done in England. I had an image of him made and Suddenly we were on the same team. What I feel for Titi may be a form of admiration.
"I loved Henry. The ease of finishing an action, how he takes the road to the goal and ends the play. He gives the impression that it is natural. His career, his dribbling, the last gesture. It is fluid, proportionate."
Messi and Henry would form a special understanding on the pitch, winning the treble in the stunning 2008/09 season under Pep Guardiola.
Henry was at Barcelona for three seasons and got to see Messi's progression into a world-beater.
Pette
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look now the shy messi is competing for his 7th...crazy world
Akekala
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Not everyone is a Messi bootlicker! 🤣
whykallar
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Henry the legend who couldn't help his team win UCL, likewise win a single Balloon d'Or, only legend at emirate stadium, he should be thanking Messi that help him to touch UCL cup [Crylaugh][byebye]
DavidDaevchinyama
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I don't see anything wrong with that,, Henry knows messi is the goat but he had better understanding with bergkamp on the pitch, totally normal
Dragonkai
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The Presenter after not getting the Answer he Wanted[Crylaugh]
Adolfbaba
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Why is @Xanthus_asaka doing this? please @af is there no picture of Denis Bergkamp on the internet again?... I don't mind borrowing you one or two since you're so obsessed with Messi...
faeaily
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By the time he arrived at barcelona, Messi was not at his highest level. Bergkamp was already an Arsenal legend.
babaekor
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you can give us your story without using pictures, because this picture is opposite of what you're saying.
MichaelFrolian
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Messi fans now😂😂😂
Mariosuarez2
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Not everyone is a Messi bootlicker! 🤣
But pepe ramos Marcelo are 😂 he fucked dem so hard in Spain m sure u agree 😂especially Ramos and Marcelo
pulkiit_10
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OK messi is a p!g
DinAli316
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I don't see anything wrong with that,, Henry knows messi is the goat but he had better understanding with bergkamp on the pitch, totally normal
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