Former CF Montreal midfielder Victor Wanyama has revealed that it was not easy to play under Arsenal legend Thierry Henry.Henry was the head coach at the Major League Soccer (MLS) club when Wanyama joined after spending seven years in the English Premier League; three with Southampton and four with Tottenham Hotspur.Where Gor Mahia will host Mashemeji Derby with Nyayo, Kasarani’s unavailabilityIn an interview with The Sick Podcast, the former Celtic midfielder opened up on the kind of performance that his former tactician demanded from everyone, something that he liked.“I did enjoy playing for him. He was a player who played at the top level and playing for him was not easy. He only wanted top performance and he also could not entertain people who did not want to progress.##NAJAVA_MECA_8519444##He was very strict and wanted the players to progress. I enjoyed it because that brings the best out of every player,” noted Wanyama.Additionally, the Kenyan legend opened up on Henry’s coaching style and the high standards that he expected. Unfortunately for some players, they could not match the high levels demanded from the French tactician.Shabana coach lists team’s areas of improvement despite win over Murang’a Seal“He knows the standards, he has been there and he wants to keep the standards high and so for some players, it was not easy to do but for him it was easy. As for me, I looked at it as a way to improve and also a way to learn from him. I loved that side of him,” he added.##NAJAVA_MECA_8519468##When the former Harambee Stars captain’s time seemed to come to an end at Tottenham and offers from Europe on his table, he disclosed that a conversation with the former Barcelona FC striker convinced him to cross over to the Canadian club.“Thierry Henry convinced me to come to Montreal even though I had played so much in Europe but I knew the coach of his calibre and I said ‘why not?’How William Muluya plans to arrest Kariobangi Sharks’ 5 game winless runI joined him with a different view because he had a dream of making the team better, making them a playoff team and always playing in the CONCACAF Champions Cup more regularly and so I bought into his idea and joined the club,” he stated.The JMJ Academy graduate left the Canadian club early in November after spending four years with them following the expiry of his contract.##NAJAVA_MECA_8519467##
