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A year and then gone. Thierry Henry ultimately only played on the Bleuets bench. If, by his own admission, he will remain marked for life by his Olympic adventure, concluded by a final lost to Spain, the native of Les Ulis in fact announced his departure just a few days after the end of the Games. And this despite a contract which runs until 2025.
For any justification for sudden resignation, the press release published by the FFF mentioned “reasons which are personal to him”. This departure was reminiscent of that which occurred in the winter of 2021 when he had been at the head of the Montreal Impact for barely over a year. After being separated from his family by the Covid pandemic, the 1998 world champion refused to return to Canada.
“Everyone started crying.”
Thierry Henry explained this in an interview with GQ. “I spent a year in Canada, far from my family, and I began to analyze who I was, to think about how I had grown up and what had shaped me,” he said, adding:
“After returning to London, I had to return to Montreal. Everyone started crying, and it was the first time I saw people cry for Thierry and not for Thierry Henry. That slapped me in the face. »
“I had gotten used to putting on this superhero cape, forgetting about myself, but now I felt human, and not like some kind of object or robot. I was educated one way and my children educated me another,” he continued, explaining that he had consulted to overcome this ordeal:
“During Covid, I was just lost and looking for myself. I had to be reminded or taught that these emotions are normal, that you must welcome them and not let them invade you. You can feel hate, but don’t become hateful. Conversely, you can feel joy, but don’t become too joyful either. »
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