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Why did Henry s experience at Juventus fail, and the team did not have the patience to train him to grow?

9:24am, 2 August 2025Football

Henry's experience at Juventus was still very interesting. He came in January 1999 for £10.5 million. Do you still remember who Juventus' head coach was at that time?

Yes, it is the familiar Ancelotti, the famous coach who is now coaching in the Brazilian national team. The transfer has caused a lot of controversy. Some people think that Juventus does not need Henry because the team already has Piero, and establishes him as the core of the forward line, and Inzagi, why do you need a speed winger?

The teams are all used to the original positional battle and promotion methods. Everyone in the midfield led by Zidane has already cooperated with each other. Can a player with a fast speed and counterattack style be compatible with the team?

From a tactical perspective, it will be a little inconsistent. Henry at that time was not a feature of the Arsenal period. He was a wing assaulter and was relatively immature.

Another point is that it is also the reason why everyone is not optimistic about Henry, because Henry's skills were not very mature at that time. He was only 22 years old in 1999, and this age is indeed too young for him.

The skills are still in the growth stage, and their technical characteristics are not matched by Juventus's playing style, which makes Henry suffer a Waterloo when he goes to Juventus.

is also quite unfortunate. The coaching process that Henry met at this time was not as flexible as the later stage. In the early years, Ancelotti was a stumbling block for "technical players". His playing style was not very open and he was still relatively rigid about player transformation.

During the Parma period, Zola had to go to Chelsea because of the conflict with Ancelotti.

In terms of the running-in of technical players, how to transform and integrate them into the team, Ancelotti had many coaching limitations during that period.

His title of "Millennium Second Year" was also born during this period. It was not until he went to AC Milan that he experienced countless setbacks and changed his coaching ideas that he had the familiar An Shuai and his reputation gradually changed.

The players are incompatible with the team's tactics, Ancelotti has insufficient training experience, and Henry's luck is indeed not very good.

He has not met a team that knows people and is willing to be patient and trains him.

You should know that Juventus' goal back then was to compete for the championship, and the team's future was to make achievements in the league and the Champions League. The team's bigwigs Zidane, Piero, Inzagi, Davis and others have already gained a foothold. How can you, a fledgling young man, be comparable to other stars in the team?

Combining various reasons and environmental factors also made Henry lose his way in Italy.

In half a season, he only played 16 games at Juventus and scored 3 goals. The data is bleak and cannot be integrated into the team. The media, coaches and senior management are also extremely disappointed with Henry.

Considering that the immediate combat power and tactical matching were not good, Juventus finally made up his mind to let Henry leave and prepare to introduce his good partner Trezege.

Compared to Henry, Trezeguet's characteristics are more in line with Juventus' tactics. A pure shooter, forward player, good at grabbing points and running without the ball, which is more compatible with the Juventus system.

Juventus is actually quite reasonable about Henry's departure and has not set too many obstacles for Henry. Arsenal Wenger wanted to introduce Henry back then because he saw that his former disciples were not doing well and wanted to help him.

Henry debuted in Monaco in 1994, when he was only 17 years old, and Monaco's head coach was Wenger at that time. Wenger coached Monaco from 1987 to 1994, and he was also Henry's leader and mentor.

In order to fulfill this transfer, Wenger also spent a lot of effort to communicate with the club, saying that Henry is the talent the Gunners need. Juventus Moji also followed the trend and said that your bid would be higher than the price we introduced Henry at that time, as long as we did not let us lose money.

In the end, Henry came to Arsenal with a transfer fee of US$16.5 million. If converted into pounds at the time, it was about 11 million, which was not much different from the cost of Juventus introducing him to 10.5 million pounds.

As for the subsequent story, Henry came to Arsenal and Wenger to renew his relationship. We all know the subsequent story. How he transformed into a center and became a world-class star under the Wenger system. This is a very beautiful story with a master-apprentice relationship.

also made the name Henry completely and deeply connected with Arsenal.

Looking back at Henry's history, I was also filled with emotion and felt a lot in my heart. On the one hand, I lament that it is not easy for players to transfer. You must be cautious when transferring and consider the environment and team tactics before joining, otherwise you may fail.

Football is a sport of 11 people. It cannot be separated from the team. Its technical and tactical play is incompatible. No matter how good you are together, it will be abandoned.

On the other hand, I also lament the friendship between the coach and the players. Wenger's careful cultivation of Henry, and the common growth of Henry and Wenger are also particularly touching.

A good seedling and a young player is not lacking in performance, but also a man. If you don’t meet a good coach at the right time to help you grow, it will be difficult for players to develop well.

The two are interdependent and indispensable.

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