Thierry Henry has revealed what he said to Arsene Wenger on former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas’ first day at Arsenal.

Speaking to Fabregas on Puma Football’s Instagram, Henry said: “I remember the first time you trained with us and I looked at you… I’m sorry I had a bad haircut but that haircut you had was pretty bad.

“I looked at you and in those days the shirts were too big for anyone but on you it was like you had a dress on it was so big.

“I looked at the boss and said: ‘Who the hell is this?!’ and he said ‘Oh it’s the kid he won the World Cup with the U17s’ and I went ‘Oh that’s him he finished best player or top scorer or whatever it was’.

“So I remember people were talking about you. I saw you coming and man… I saw you and then the team it was you against Patrick [Vieira] and Gilberto [Silva] and went ‘oh my gosh all the very best’ but then you started moving the ball around, playing one-twos.

“People like Patrick and Gilberto couldn’t get near you and that’s when we knew you could play with us straight away. Then you go and score in the Carling Cup and the rest is history.”

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