Henry desperate to keep Cole
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Thierry Henry feels that losing Ashley Cole to Chelsea would be a massive blow to Arsenal.
The Blues are keen to snap up Cole and have held talks with The Gunners about the possibility of bringing the left back to Stamford Bridge, but they are desperate to resolve the issue quickly and could start looking at alternative options.
Henry has insisted that he is still in the dark about exactly what the current situation is, but has urged Arsenal not to sell one of their best players.
The striker is also eager for history not to repeat itself, following Patrick Vieira's move to Juventus last summer.
He believes that to lose a second key man in as many years would be a calamitous mistake and would prove very difficult to recover from.
"Let me make it clear. I don't know what is happening with Ashley Cole but the fact remains that if Ashley goes we would be losing one of the team's best assets for the second year running," the Frenchman told The Sun.
"Ashley was tremendous in the World Cup. That is a fact. People can say what they want, but he would be very difficult to replace.
"The loss of Vieira was massive - like it would be if Ashley goes. Obviously we would want him to stay. He is one of the best left backs in the world. We would miss him badly.
"I don't know anything about the situation with Chelsea but if he goes there it will look like we are trying to catch a team as well as giving them one of our best assets. It would be difficult to take."
The Blues are keen to snap up Cole and have held talks with The Gunners about the possibility of bringing the left back to Stamford Bridge, but they are desperate to resolve the issue quickly and could start looking at alternative options.
Henry has insisted that he is still in the dark about exactly what the current situation is, but has urged Arsenal not to sell one of their best players.
The striker is also eager for history not to repeat itself, following Patrick Vieira's move to Juventus last summer.
He believes that to lose a second key man in as many years would be a calamitous mistake and would prove very difficult to recover from.
"Let me make it clear. I don't know what is happening with Ashley Cole but the fact remains that if Ashley goes we would be losing one of the team's best assets for the second year running," the Frenchman told The Sun.
"Ashley was tremendous in the World Cup. That is a fact. People can say what they want, but he would be very difficult to replace.
"The loss of Vieira was massive - like it would be if Ashley goes. Obviously we would want him to stay. He is one of the best left backs in the world. We would miss him badly.
"I don't know anything about the situation with Chelsea but if he goes there it will look like we are trying to catch a team as well as giving them one of our best assets. It would be difficult to take."
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