Former Arsenal forward Thierry Henry has revealed that Ronaldo Nazario was his inspiration growing up, basing his own attacking movement on the Brazilian footballing legend.
The French striker has gone down in the history books as a legend in his own right for his performances in a Gunners shirt as well as other clubs such as Barcelona and Juventus in his stints there.
But, in the end, it was truly in the red of Arsenal under Arsene Wenger where he shone brightest.
Henry scored 228 goals and assisted 106 in 376 appearances at the club across all competitions. That's a goal involvement nearly every 100 minutes of football.
There's also no doubting his passion for the club, but in an interview with FourFourTwo last year, the player-turned-pundit revealed his love for Arsenal as well as his desire to manage them one day.
He said: "Listen, if you ask an Arsenal fan if they’d like to coach Arsenal one day, they’ll say yes.
"When I speak about it, it's a utopia. People get carried away whenever I say that it's my club, but I have it in my blood – I'm an Arsenal fan."
On his connection with the club, he added: "Arsenal is part of me and always will be – half of my heart belongs to Arsenal, and the other half to my family. The understanding I have with Arsenal fans is something I cannot describe – it's something I'm always going to miss."
His legacy is undoubtedly great, but everyone's love affair with football starts somewhere and the best players take inspiration from those before them.
And speaking on CBS, Henry revealed exactly who he took inspiration from that led to his great Arsenal career.
He said: "Well there was three guys [he took inspiration from]. George Weah, Romario and the one and only R9, Ronaldo, Brazilian Ronaldo.
"Power is nothing without control. And he had that in abundance, I mean I'm looking at it [his goal against Lazio in the 1999 UEFA Super Cup final] and I don't know how he didn't break his leg.
"The power that he generates to go from one way to another to change and he could do that, by the way, everywhere on the field.
"Take the ball and we can see here, the quality that Ronaldo had was just, for me, the best that I have seen. When you combine all the words and the adjectives before that I mentioned about Mbappe. He was just out of this world."
It shows a great insight into exactly how Henry came to be so quick on his feet, causing players such havoc when going forward.
Now he may be the one looked up to, with players looking to take inspiration from his playing days as the cycle continues.
