Whatever the fuck ‘Va va voom’ was in the first place, we’re pretty sure Thierry Henry is neithernor quite as cool as he used to be. Certainly his high-profile addition to the Sky Sports team last year hasn’t worked out quite as well as they would have hoped.
This was enhanced by adverts for the likes of Renault, in which his image as the super-smooth face of modern football was carefully honed, as he explained to us, the viewer/consumer, exactly what was and wasn’t cool, or ‘Va va voom’. Not quite. The thing is, Henry the pundit has yet to fully convince the average punter that he is all that insightful. He is like the inverse Gary Neville – who was oft derided and disliked during his football career, but drew adulation and praise for his genuinely thought-provoking analysis.