Arsenal will mark their 125th anniversary this weekend by unveiling statues of Thierry Henry, Tony Adams, and Herbert Chapman outside the Emirates Stadium.
The trio of club icons have been selected as deserving of special commemoration and will be unveiled on Friday, the day before Arsenal play Everton, when the club plan to celebrate their 125th birthday.
Henry, who is due in London this weekend to take part in the celebrations, is the club’s record goalscorer. The French striker scored 226 times in 370 matches for the club and despite leaving for Barcelona and then the New York Red Bulls, has always spoken of Arsenal as being his first love.
Adams gave 19 years playing service to Arsenal, from 1983 to 2002. He has often spoken of his desire to return to the club in a coaching or managerial role.
Chapman, hailed as a managerial visionary, steered the club to their first major honours, two league titles and an FA Cup, before his sudden death from pneumonia in 1934.