“I understand that at the very beginning you arrive and it’s not your team. You need at the very least three or four transfer windows to change everything that you want to.
“It takes time and you have to give a manager time to be able to implement what he wants to do.
“For the last three years Arsenal have been in a situation where they should have at least brought one cup or [reached] a final.”
Arsenal have averaged 82 points per season over the past three Premier League campaigns.
But Henry used Manchester United, who have won two trophies and competed in five finals during the past five years, as a comparison.
“Manchester United have played in five finals in the last five years, the United that everyone laughs at – whereas for Arsenal in the last three years of building, they’ve not reached a final,” said Henry.
“So I do understand when people ask the question, ‘surely you should compete for a trophy?'”
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