Sunday 30 April 2017 00:18, UK
Thierry Henry explains how Wembley has a special aura about it - and admits he's a big fan of Anthony Joshua.
While he won the FA Cup three times with Arsenal, Henry never lifted the trophy at the national stadium due to the finals being temporarily moved to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. However, the Frenchman still played there twice during his illustrious playing career.
Joshua has the chance to triumph at Wembley on Saturday night, as he takes on Wladimir Klitschko in a huge heavyweight showdown, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Ahead of the big fight this weekend, Sky Sports expert Henry recalls his personal memories of the famous venue.
I didn't play there a lot. I had the opportunity to play against, I think, AIK Solna, then I came on against Barcelona when we got ripped apart. I don't actually want to remember that one.
Against AIK, I scored and set up a goal for Davor Suker, I think. They're great memories.
They moved the FA Cup final after that as they were rebuilding Wembley, but my memories are always of FA Cup finals.
The first one I ever saw was Crystal Palace vs Manchester United in 1990. It (Wembley) is a historical stadium. I never played at the Maracana, but those type of stadiums are just about history. A lot of history.
Yes, because the oldest competition in the world is the FA Cup. Wembley has been a historical stadium for a very long time.
If you're an Englishman growing up, it's the ultimate. I didn't have the chance to play a lot there, but I still appreciated my opportunities a lot. I understood what the stadium was about.
Listen big man, what more can I say. You already know what you have to do. I'm a big fan - you know what you have to do and I'm sure you're going to win, no doubt about that. All the best.
The thing is, it's more about the name of the stadium, the aura and what it represents.
I had the opportunity to play in maybe bigger stadiums than that, but even if the stadium wasn't the same size, or held that many people, it's still Wembley. It's the name that makes it.
You want the opportunity to play there, but ultimately you want the chance to win things with your team.
It would have been great if the FA Cup finals I played in with Arsenal were held at Wembley, particularly as it was just around the corner and I'd have got home a lot quicker afterwards!
It's difficult for me to compare it to what it was.
The guys who played a lot there, during Euro 96 and in the big games, can tell me it might not be the same thing, but you have to understand the stadium has to be a bit more modern, if I can say that.
You don't have that long walk anymore. As players, when you play an FA Cup final there, or an England international, they say that long walk - when you look at the fans, those cheering you on, trying to raise your level of intensity - was something special. That was amazing.
Listen big man, what more can I say. You already know what you have to do. I'm a big fan - you know what you have to do and I'm sure you're going to win, no doubt about that. All the best.
