Arsenal legend Thierry Henry proposed a concrete improvement to VAR and impacted

Thierry Henry is always remembered as one of the most iconic legends in the Premier League, and he is recognized as one of the idols of the fans, who regularly admire his speeches in Sky Sports when speaking about the most controversial actions in the games, and they could have found recently a new reason to praise their idol.

In this sense, it would be worth remembering that the French retired striker has slammed the VAR officials in the last few months due to their mistakes against Arsenal, his former team in the Premier League, which would have created a certain controversy around the refereeing faced by the Gunners and the potential improvements to make to the VAR system.

In this respect, Henry went under the spotlight during the game where Arsenal was 0-2 defeated against West Ham for making a proposal to the VAR officials, once the Gunners were still having difficulty digesting the decision of the refereeing body who was not able to see that the ball had come out on Bowen's pass which led to the first goal of the Hammers in the game scored by Soucek at the 13th.

Henry’s proposal was really popular among the fans

Henry proposed that another camera offering an additional view would have avoided this type of controversy. “Well, it's the second time for us, after the defeat at Newcastle earlier in the season (in reference to Joe Willock's goal which also created controversy during the 11th day of the PL). But if you want to help the referees get the right angle, if you want to know that the ball is out, you have to be on top of the ball. This is the only way to know if the ball is out or not. “It’s 2023, almost 2024 and we still don’t have a camera that’s above, it’s too often where you don’t know if the ball is out or not,” expressed the Arsenal legend, a comment which was strongly celebrated by the fans.