Recovering Henry has big plans at Barcelona06.08.2007 13:01 SportsBy Alastair Himmer YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Barcelona striker Thierry Henry has warned the club's league and European rivals he plans to win everything on offer this season. Despite looking shattered after Barcelona's arrival in Japan on Monday, the French striker quickly made the European Champions League and Spanish title his top priorities. "There's a lot of people in that dressing room who want to win a lot of titles," Henry told reporters before Tuesday's pre-season game against J-League side Yokohama F-Marinos. "The objective when you play for Barcelona is to win everything. The aims are to win those titles. It's a long road but you have to start the season somewhere. "I'm playing for one of the best teams, if not the best team in the world -- that's where the excitement is." Barcelona beat China's Beijing Guoan 3-0 on Sunday in the first of three games on a whirlwind tour of Asia which has been criticised by some Barca players. Henry, who is coaxing himself back from an injury-plagued final season at Arsenal, put a positive spin on his new club's hectic pre-season. "Yes we are arriving physically tired but during the season there'll be times when it will happen," shrugged the 29-year-old. Continued... Source: reuters.comwww.alllee.com |
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