Arsenal Legend Henry Reveals How African ‘GOAT’ George Weah Impacted His Career ▷ SportsBrief.com

• Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry has revealed how legendary African footballer George Weah affected his career
• George Weah, who is currently President of Liberia, is the only African to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or award
• George Weah had an illustrious playing career as he featured for AC Milan, Paris Saint Germain and Chelsea

Thierry Henry has disclosed that Liberia President George Weah helped shaped his career into a better player.

The former Arsenal and France striker is regarded as one of the best strikers in football, having helped Arsenal dominate in the early 2000’s.

But according to the Frenchman, he modeled his style from watching George Weah, Ronaldo and Romario play.

“We talking about some of the world’s greatest striker. He wasn’t playing with a great national team team, less impact but I’m telling you, raw power, sheer power, technique and speed. I’ve never seen that. When he was moving on the field, I was moving at home too, stadium was moving,” he said as quoted by Tribuna.

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“George Weah, Romario, and Ronaldo changed the game for me. Because for me it was the first time as a striker I saw players that could score on their own. Pick the ball up anywhere and score.

“Because before as a number nine, people would say ‘stay within the line of the box, don’t move too much, don’t go to the wings, don’t drop, stay’. And then I saw George Weah. And then I saw Ronaldo. And I saw Romario in a different way before those two.

“But those guys could take the ball and go score themselves. And it was like ‘hang on a minute, someone has lied to me’.”

George Weah remains the only African player to win the FIFA best player award.

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George Weah sends message to Mane and Salah on Ballon d’Or ambitions

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have been warned by Liberian president George Weah not to put any unnecessary pressure on themselves for the Ballon d’Or award for this year.

Lionel Messi who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain is the reigning holder of the Ballon d’Or award having defeated the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappe in the last award night.

Going by the performances so far this season for Liverpool, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have both been tipped to fight for the Ballon d’Or award this season.

Source: Sports Brief News