Henry leaving door open for future MLS move

Asked about the rumours linking him with a move to the Major League Soccer, Barcelona forward and French international Thierry Henry (31) left the door open for the future at a press conference ahead of Wednesday friendly against Seattle Sounders:

"For now, I'm just happy to be here with Barcelona. I'm enjoying all this and we'll see after that."

Seattle Sounders general manager Adrian Hanauer meanwhile said that Seattle's presumed interest in Henry (read more here) was never there while the team was considering signing a designated player which ended up being Ljungberg: "I've always said he's one of my favourite players in the world, and who wouldn't want him on their team. But that's about as much to it as there is."

MLS commissioner Don Garber said at the same press conference that a future move would be welcomed: "The league has no interest in talking to Henry while he is under contract to Barcelona, but he would really be a guy that would help grow the sport here. And at the right time, when he's ready and we can find the right place for him, I think he would be a great signing for us."

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Henry unsure about his future

Asked about his future and the rumours of him leaving Barcelona, Barcelona forward Thierry Henry (30) said in an interview with French football weekly paper France Football that he's waiting to hear from the club what their plans are: "I hear a lot of things at this moment. I really don't know what will happen. I have a contract for three more years so I am a Barcelona player for now. But if the club doesn't count on me for next season, it would be time they tell me something."

British tabloid News of the World meanwhile claims that Henry has received an offer from new club Seattle Sounders, who will join the North-American league MLS next year (read more here). Seattle hopes that Barcelona would be willing to let the striker go for a reasonable fee. Henry could earn 6,5 milion euro° a year in the Northwest of the United States. An MLS insider is quoted as saying: "Henry's profile in the US is far higher than Beckham's when he signed for LA Galaxy, purely because of the Gillette ads."

Aston Villa would now also be interested in signing the French international, whose daughter lives with her mother in London, while Henry's advisers have told Newcastle that he would not be interested in a move to the Northeast of England.

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Can pay rise convince Henry?

British tabloid The Sun claims that newly-formed Major League Soccer team Seattle is ready to offer Barcelona forward Thierry Henry a substantial pay rise in order to convince him to join them (read more here).

The French international should launch the new team when they make their MLS debut next year. Co-owner and multi-billionaire Paul Allen, the co-founder of the Amercican computer technology corporation Microsoft, would therefore be ready to propose Henry a deal worth 191 877 euro° a week. Barcelona is currently paying the player 162 892 euro* a week.

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Henry negotiating with new MLS team

American sports radio talk show World Soccer Daily claims that Barcelona forward Thierry Henry (30) is in advanced negotiations with Seattle, a club that will begin to play in the US-Canadian professional soccer league MLS as of next year. The French international, whose Barcelona contract expires in 2011, has always expressed he wanted to go and live in the United States one day.

(read more on the Henry transfer story here)