The coach of English club Manchester Alex Ferguson wants to recruit “the attacker french FC Barcelona Thierry Henry, Tuesday assured the sports daily Sport catalan.

Ferguson “desperately seeking” an avant-centre partner in attack on English Wayne Rooney and the “surprise could come with the departure of Titi”, 30 years, said Sport, without citing its sources.

The club champion of England “seems to have tired of chasing his great goal,” the Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov of Tottenham and could soon come into contact with Barcelona about Henry for which he would be willing to offer 19 million euros, the newspaper said Barcelona.

The Barça had recruited internationally french Arsenal last summer for 26 million euros and a four-year contract.

Henry, often injured, completed a disappointing season in the image of the catalan club in crisis, which has won any title and finished third in the Liga. He still scored 19 goals all competitions combined.

The french player had acknowledged he could not see as often as he would like his children, remained in London after her divorce.

The new coach of Barcelona, Pep Guardiola, said recently he counted on him to lead the attack Catalan where he wants to put the centre, his position of choice, rather than on the left wing where he played the last season.

But “despite the wishes of the coach, Barça could not ignore a proposal as important as Manchester and a man like Guardiola certainly understand this choice,” said Sport.