Thierry Henry on the USMNT's future, Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, and the 2026 World Cup: Men in Blazers 07/18/25

Men In Blazers

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Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football, Soccer, Mib

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🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry sits down with Rog for a very special episode of Men in Blazers to break down the USMNT's chances ahead of the 2026 World Cup, how Mikel Arteta can get Arsenal over the runner-up hump, and what the US needs to do to dominate football in years to come. Plus, Thierry explains how Luis Enrique turned PSG into an unstoppable attacking force, what a perfect number 9 can do, and how he learned that winning wasn't everything in professional football.

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0:10.2	I hear you like a podcast.
0:12.1	And you like to be entertained.
0:13.4	I bet you also like to know what's going on in the world.
0:15.9	Especially when the news is so bonkers.
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0:40.3	My guest today is a man who created an entire generation of Arsenal fans, entire generation
0:56.5	of football fans because of the sorcery he produced on a weekly basis. A gentleman who said
1:01.9	he was propelled by a mix of, quote, anger and desire. In far as to list all of his accomplishments,
1:07.3	two Premier League titles, pair of golden boots, eight footballer of the year awards. The intro
1:12.3	be longer than both June films combined. So I'll just say it's a joy to welcome a man who is
1:17.4	undeniably one of the best goals scorers the Premier League's ever seen. Welcome back to New York City.
1:23.7	Mr. Tieri-on-Ree. Thank you. I think you want to be too far with everything, but yeah, thank you.
1:28.7	Happy to be back, though. Love this city. And this city loves you. We are here. Thanks to our friends at
1:34.3	Visa. And Tieri, let's start with PSJ. Yeah. And they're a creative machine. They obliterated into
1:39.9	Milan in the Champions League final. We've just seen them demolish Rail Madrid in the semi-final.
1:45.8	Your friend, Jamie Kerriga, he tweeted,
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