Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has confirmed that he will be sidelined for at least a month due to neck injury, French newspaper L'Equipe reported on Monday. "I have to say stop for a month, maybe a month-and-a-half, the time for the pain to disappear," the Frenchman said. Henry revealed that the problem was deepened because he kept on playing while suffering pain. "I've been suffering for two or three months now, and the pain is amplified by the sciatic nerve. After some 60 matches in 2006, the body says 'stop'. And you need to listen to it."
Wenger Arsenal will have to do without the 29-year-old striker for six Premiership games, including the London derby against Chelsea, as well as two clashes against Liverpool in the Carling and FA Cups. Meanwhile, Henry has moved to deny reports of a rift between him and Arsenal French boss Arsene Wenger. Rumors suggested that the French international striker fell out with Wenger and stormed out of the training on Friday in protest of the coach's decision to leave him out of the squad facing Tottenham. "Yes, I'm annoyed, because I can't help my team on the pitch. It's something I have difficulty in accepting. But I have not fallen out with Arsene Wenger," he insisted.
