Henry: 'Contract talks have started'

Captain Thierry Henry has confirmed that initial talks with Arsenal about new contract have finally started but says there is still much to discuss before he seals a deal which will keep him at the club for the rest of his career.

Henry, who equalled Cliff Bastin’s club best of 150 league goals for the club with a hat-trick in Arsenal’s 7-0 demolition of Middlesbrough at Highbury today, revealed that discussions with the board began earlier this week.