FilGoal.com brings you the catchiest quotes in the world of football for July 2007; discover some strange, outspoken, praising and bizarre stories from some of the big names in the game. The Henry effect "The exit of Henry to Barcelona is good news for us, it means that there is one less rival in Chelsea's way, Arsenal have a serious problem because Henry's absence is a very complicated issue to resolve," Chelsea's marksman Didier Drogba. "I don't think anyone can fill Henry's boots. A player who does as much for Arsenal as Henry did will only come around once every 50 years," Arsenal new signing Eduardo da Silva eases some of the pressure upon his shoulders. "Around us, all the teams are recruiting but what is planned to compensate for the departure of Titi Henry?" Arsenal's William Gallas is starting to feel lonely after the exit of compatriot Henry. "Communication within the team in the first few days has been pretty easy. ‘Ronnie' and Samuel (Eto'o) speak French and so do Yaya (Toure), and at the presentation I was able to say what Cesc (Fabregas) taught me, but the coaches, physios and other team assistants all speak in Catalan and when they speak fast it's more difficult! The difficulty is that I'm trying to learn Catalan and Spanish at the same time and sometimes I confuse them," Thierry Henry enters the multi-language world at Barca. The Beckham effect "After the family, the most important thing is the foot... is the 'soccer'," LA Galaxy new boy David Beckham is starting to get used to the American language, especially regarding 'Football' terms. "He's got two legs and two arms just like everybody else," LA Galaxy chairman Alexei Lalas commenting about Becks after the English man received a fiery applaud upon his arrival. "David Beckham is more of a pop star than a player," Brazilian football legend Pele also gave his thoughts about Becks. Cheers for Iraq "The Iraq players are fantastic people and you have to understand their difficulties, they are hard workers with extra power to do whatever they want, I learned a lot from these people, it was a good learning process for me and something I will keep forever in my life." Iraq Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira after leading the war-torn nation to Asian Cup glory. "We were all joking about how the coach only had less than two months and asking how he could achieve such a victory because he knows nothing about the players, but now I would like to say thank you to Mr. Vieira," Iraq skipper Younes Mahmoud after the Asian Cup triumph. "It is tremendous what is happening in Iraq, what the players have done is exceptional, this proves how football enhances the good national feeling of the people who are suffering so much in the past few years," FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter hails the Iraqi achievement. Miscellaneous "I didn't see it because it was bad for my heart, I don't want to die while I coach Japan's national team. I want to die in my hometown, Sarajevo. When I learned about the victory, I jumped for joy and almost bumped my head against the ceiling," the 1.90m Osim watched his side's shootout victory against Australia from the dressing room, as the former Yugoslavia coach has made it a rule not to watch any penalty shootout after his team lost to Argentina 3-2 on penalties in the 1990 World Cup quarter-finals. "I'm not convinced that Michel was the one who took the decision because I did a good job when I was playing under his helm, so there is no reason for showing me the door," Former Zamalek defender Wael Al-Qabani believes that a higher authority was be
