So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.

If you look at the whole package, with everything Henry has, I don't think you can find that anywhere else. You give him the ball in the right place and his acceleration will take him past any defender in the world.

In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.

Sometimes you feel the emotion. You think this might be my last pre-season or my last Champions League match. But, overall, those thoughts aren't important right now. But the time will soon come

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

My aim is to play as many games as possible and to go out and be one of the 11 players again.