Despite his obvious excitement regarding the teenager's high ceiling, Henry was quick to temper the hype with a significant warning about player management. The Frenchman, who witnessed Wayne Rooney's similar explosion onto the scene decades ago, insisted that both the club and the country must be careful with how they handle such a precocious talent.
Henry continued: "I was there when Rooney did it, and when someone told me he was going to have the career that he had, I would have said, 'maybe'. But what you need to do is to make sure we can also protect him along the way. Because we have a special talent here, not just for Arsenal, but for English football. But let's not get over excited. Am I happy he's at Arsenal? Hell yeah I am. But we also need to protect him, and not go too far too early with what he can achieve."