Ozil's just like Pires, I would love to have played with him, admits Henry

Thierry Henry has admitted he would love to have played with Mesut Ozil at Arsenal, and believes the Germany playmaker has the quality to help them end their eight-year trophy drought.

Arsenal's all-time top goalscorer insists the former Real Madrid man has backed up his £42.5million price tag since joining the Emirates club this summer and compared Ozil to fellow Arsenal old boy Robert Pires.

And the spearhead of Arsenal's 2003-04 Invincibles side claims Ozil's vision, passing ability and composure on the ball make him a striker's dream.

'I would have loved to have played with him, he reminds me of Robert Pires,' Henry told Sky Sports ahead of Arsenal's Champions League clash with Napoli. 'He will share the ball. He can find a guy who is quick, a target striker. He can play any type of ball.

'He has the thing you want from a midfielder. He has time. It seems like he is playing on his own in his garden.

'He brought that composure on the ball that you need. I think he brought that to Arsenal football club.

'Him coming with his name. You have got to back it up. He did back it up.'

Arsenal were beaten 2-0 in Naples to finish as runners-up in their group, meaning a potential last-16 tie with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

And Henry said: 'I remember the year we went to the final.

Everybody laughed when we beat Real Madrid. You know, I remember them leaving the draw and saying we're happy with Arsenal.

'Then we beat them. Then we went to play Juve, and everybody was like, that's an easy one for Juve.

'Then we went through. But that's not the road you want to take right? You don't want to play against those teams, but that's the way it is.'
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