The Offside Asks: What About Thierry Henry?

Fellow blogeros at The Offside.com recently chimed in on our Top Ten Most Fashionable Sports Playas list and asked: “Macrochip [Ed. Note: Favorite typo of the year], where’s Thierry “Titi” Henry on your list?” First a run-down of who “Titi” is for those sports fiends who’ve been living on another planet for the last decade. Thierry Henry became a shot-caller with England Premiership club Arsenal after a transfer from a brief and tumultuous stint at Italian Serie A club Juventus in 1999. Henry made an impact immediately. Highbury (Arsenal’s stadium) frequenters admired him like a son; England’s best defenders feared him; and he went as far as promising to be a “Gunner” for life. Yet, Henry jumped ship and packed his bags this year for Catalunya, where he currently plays for FC Barcelona. Ya’ll get that? Good. So why didn’t Henry make the cut?

It’s quite simple really. Everyone on the Top Ten Most Fashionable Sports Playas list maintained an amount of hype that went beyond dressing well. We had hooker lovers, nudie aficionados, glamor-whores and cradle robbers. We could say Henry didn’t have a bodonkadonk butt and leave it at that, but there’s a bit more to it. You know, like if you aren’t selling out your fame like a Hollywood celebrity pawning out their private sex-tapes then, “meh.”
Unfortunately for Henry, his hype hasn’t reached the glitz that we were looking for. He’s done some American Gillette ads and we think they’re actually a step in the wrong direction. Frankly, they’re as dull as Chuck Liddell’s recent Dell Computers campaign. But, just so you know: another dude barely missing the cut was Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos, who’s semi-nude photo-shoot with Interviú magazine a few years back places him on track with a notoriety correlated to David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. We even think he resembles a scrawny Fabio.
Other fashionables worth mention: Fenerbahce’s Diego Lugano, Former Chivas de Guadalajara forward “El Bofo” (with his crazy hair dyes) and the entire cast of the Italian National Soccer Team. Remember Dolce & Gabbana post World Cup 2006? So Henry wasn’t the only fashion hag to get the snub. He’s simply a hooker, a nudie-shoot and, um, a hooker away from making it. Writing a book about his favorite hookers would help, too. Thanks for the shout out Offsiders! Chest bumps and ass pats for ya’ll. P.S. Where’s Bob?
Earlier: Feature: The Ten Most Fashionable Sports Playas
“Most Fashionable” Sports Players [The Offside]
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