Mr va va voom himself, Thierry Henry, is considerably poorer today after agreeing to pay his ex-wife £8 million in their divorce settlement. The former Gunner, now at Barcelona, has come to an agreement with his ex-wife Claire Merry in an out of court settlement. They’d failed to reach any agreement in court (which seems a strange way of doing it).

His ex-wife wanted to be paid based on the footballer’s future earnings, as well as his current worth, which considering his endorsements in France and throughout Europe, could have been a huge sum of money.

Henry argued that he’d been playing at the highest level before they met, meaning she shouldn’t take any credit for his success.

The couple divorced in 2007 for the old ‘unreasonable behaviour’ excuse after a four year marriage.

In her defence, Thierry had been sending dirty texts to another woman. Hey, he is French! She had wanted £10 million from the footballer as his personal fortune is believed to be around the £25 million mark.

Clive Bellmore