Thierry Henry believes France have to build on their achievement in Germany World Cup.
Arsenal's French international striker swept almost 90 per cent of the votes cast in England's Footballer of the Year poll.
Arsenal thrashed Middlesbrough 7-0, while Manchester United lost 3-1 at Manchester City in the Premier League.
After 10 years and 128 caps the Real Madrid defender is stepping down to allow young talent to come through, he said on his official Web site on Monday.
France scored their first goal at a World Cup finals since beating Brazil in the final in 2002, but the 1-1 draw left Group G wide open.
An early goal by Thierry Henry set up a 2-0 win for France against Denmark in a World Cup warm-up match
Sports daily As was the only Spanish newspaper to criticise Luis Aragones for the "obscene" language he used in reference to Thierry Henry.
France need some of the virtuoso goals Thierry Henry keeps scoring for Arsenal
France needed a late goal from Thierry Henry to snatch a 3-2 win over Costa Roca in a friendly international.
Manchester United were frustrated in their bid to secure second place in the EPL as they were held 0-0 by Middlesbrough
The Arsenal manager paid a warm tribute to Thierry Henry after the French striker dethroned Ian Wright as the club's record scorer.
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Arsenal captain Thierry Henry says he will decide his future before the World Cup in Germany
Spain coach Luis Aragones was fined 3,000 euros ($3,964) by the Spanish Football Federation on Tuesday.
Goals by Cesc Fabregas and Thierry Henry gave Arsenal an impressive 2-0 home win over Juventus
Arsenal produced a scintillating display of attacking football to crush Crystal Palace 5-1.
Thierry Henry said Patrick Vieira left a big vacuum at Arsenal when he departed to join Juventus.
Captain Thierry Henry converted a late penalty to give Arsenal a 2-0 win over 10-man Newcastle United
Thierry Henry scored with a brilliant individual effort to give the English side a 1-0 victory in the first leg last 16 knock-out round.
The Franch striker became the first player to be named England's Footballer of the Year in successive seasons.
The striker picked up a hamstring injury in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final 2-1 defeat by Chelsea.
Gabriel Heinze was brought down by Arsenal's Fredrik Ljungberg just before halftime and Thierry Henry then collided with the Argentine while he was still on the ground.
The Arsenal striker was ruled out of the FA Cup final against Manchester United after a recurrence of a long-standing Achilles problem.
Two goals by Thierry Henry ended Wigan Athletic's six-game winning streak in the Premier League.
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Unfancied Wigan Athletic continue to astound the sceptics during their first season in the top flight after a 2-0 win at Portsmouth kept them firmly in second place in the Premeir League.
The ace strikers will be the preferred summer signings, Real Madrid coach Carlos Queiroz said.
