THIERRY TELLS TWITTER TO GET A GRIP OF TROLLS

how you look. Sometimes you can be how you dress. There are a lot of issues out there.

“But I was also thinking, ‘Do I wait or do I do something that I feel strongly about, about my kids, about my community and about what’s happening all there?’ There are people coming out with great statements but how do you stop all those comments going on your platform? How do you stop?

“My way was to come out of it until it’s a safe place.

“I’m not against talking. But at the end of the day, you need to deliver. Muhammad Ali didn’t want to go to war. He didn’t wait to see if everyone was with him. That’s what he felt, you know? And please, please understand: I’m nowhere near that calibre, nowhere near.

“But I’m not happy with things that are going on with social media. Things are a tiny bit tiny bit better in the stadium.

But now the problem has moved on social media where people can hide.”

Henry’s stand places him on a par with Marcus Rashford (left) who has been fighting to feed the UK’S kids. Also Lebron James who continues to lead the fight against social injustice in the US.

Henry won two Premier League titles with Arsenal, where he played between 1999 and 2007, and again in 2012, and remains a Premier League legend. A steady stream of black footballers in English football have suffered social media racism this season alone. While Twitter and Instagram say they do remove accounts, many still find racist abuse does not breach their guidelines while anything that infringes copyright is quickly taken down.

Henry’s move could yet raise the stakes with Frenchman the highest profile footballing figure to declare enough is enough.