There’s a lot of thrills and emotion involved in football, but you always seem to end up taking about cash.

Arsenal may have lost its captain and star player, Thierry Henry, but the club is still raking in the dough from its connection to him, even as Henry ships out to Barcelona.

The club’s Armoury flagship store at Emirates Stadium in north London is doing a roaring trade in Thierry Henry merchandise. You might think anything with his picture or autograph would be stowed away in a corner like yesterday’s news, but no, it’s out front – and the fans are clamouring.
The thing is, his departure has saddened the devotees, and they want all the mementoes they can get.

Henry’s adieu has saddened the club’s executives, too, since Arsenal’s future is in question, but that’s all the more reason to pile up the sales. It won’t be long before Barcelona FC comes out with its own line of Thierry Henry shirts, coffee mugs, mouse pads and ashtrays.

And what’s good for the goose is good for the Gunners.

The Armoury shop in London

 

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