Roger Federer reveals heartfelt Thierry Henry gesture that converted his sons into Arsenal fans

Roger Federer has told the story behind his twin sons wearing Arsenal shirts in his documentary, 'Federer: Twelve Final Days'. The 20-time Grand Slam winner's programme is about the last days of his tennis career leading up to the final tournament he played as a professional player, the 2022 Laver Cup.

The film features his his wife and four children – twin boys, Leo and Lenny, who were spotted donning Gunners jerseys, and twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene. In an interview with the BBC, Federer revealed that the Arsenal legend was the one who gifted his children the kits.

The documentary, 'Federer: Twelve Final Days', will be released on June 20 on Amazon Prime Video. Explaining the story behind the Gunners shirts, the Tennis legend said: "The boys are coming back from soccer practice or football practice, and they walk through the elevator and I look at them and then they were in the Arsenal jerseys.

"I think I say in the film, like, ‘Where’s the FC Basel shirt?’ You know that’s what my favourite club is. The Arsenal jerseys, they had just received shortly before from Thierry Henry who is a good friend of mine, we’ve been on vacation together. He’s a really good friend of ours.

"And he was the one that gave us the Arsenal jerseys. So here they walk through the door in their Arsenal kits. I know that Thierry, he doesn’t know about it. I know he will when he sees the film and be like, ‘Oh this is so... those are the shirts, it’s so, so good.’ So that's how it all came about."

Switzerland kicked off their Euro 2024 campaign with a 3-1 win over Hungary on Saturday afternoon. When quizzed on the tournament in Germany, Federer claimed he plans to watch all sports this summer.

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"I will be watching the Euros," said the former world number. "I mean, I’ve been watching Roland Garros, I’m going to be watching Wimbledon, the Euros, the Olympics. As a sports fan, this is the time to be alive."

Later in his interview with the BBC, Federer revealed that his twin sons are big football fans. The Swiss added: "The boys love their soccer. Leo is starting to show interest in getting serious about tennis. Lenny is much more creative, he’s very into drawing, reading."