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Milan link lifts Henry

Arsenal captain Thierry Henry has admitted it is "great to hear" of AC Milan's interest in him.

And the France striker, who has also been linked with a move to Barcelona over the last 18 months, claims the whole club has been unsettled by vice-chairman David Dein's departure last season.

On the Milan link Henry told The Sun: "That is great to hear. How can it be anything else?" As I have said many times, at the moment I am an Arsenal player. But everyone knows that a lot of stuff has happened at the club recently that wasn't supposed to happen."

He added: "So the only thing I can tell you is right now I am an Arsenal player but I cannot deny it's nice to hear about Milan."

Dein left the Gunners in April after a disagreement on a potential takeover and Henry said his influence around the club had been noticeable already.

"The bosses have been unsettled and a lot of players at the club have been unsettled," he added. "I was devastated when Mr Dein left the club. I don't know what happened and I don't want to know but whatever went on, Mr Dein leaving was not a clever move.

"Although no one is bigger than the club, Arsene Wenger and Mr Dein are really close to being Arsenal.

"So if you ask me if there was one person on the board I would not like to see leaving, I would have said Mr Dein.

"Unfortunately it is out of my hands. I don't agree with what has happened but sometimes that's the way things are. We just have to move on."

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