‘My heroes as a kid? Baggio, Shearer, but the real one was Henry. I watched not only how he scored, but how he ran – his technique and his movement’: Barcelona star idolised Arsenal man as a youngster

A collage of Roberto Baggio, Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer as Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski names heroes.

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski named Roberto Baggio, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry among his footballing heroes while growing up, though suggests the Arsenal man took precedence when he started to fully understand the sport.

Growing up in Warsaw, Lewandowski didn't have many players from his national team to support, what with Poland failing to qualify for any of the three World Cups in the 1990s and only competing in their first European Championships in 2008.