Monaco Appoint Former Arsenal Striker Thierry Henry as New Head Coach
- Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been hired as head coach of Monaco until June 2021.
The 41-year-old
Frenchman, who had been Belgium's assistant manager, started his professional
career at Monaco and was part of the team who won Ligue 1 in 1997.
The club are 18th
in the Ligue 1 table, before the appointment of Henry the club sacked their
manager Leonardo Jardim on Thursday.
During an
interview with the club Henry said "It seems like fate that I will begin
my managerial career here". The former
Juventus, Barcelona and New York Red Bulls player was linked with Aston Villa
in the past weeks and said he received some "very attractive offers"
over the last few months.
"Monaco will
always be close to my heart," he added. "I'm incredibly excited to be
given this opportunity but now the hard work must begin." Monaco have won
just once in nine league games and once in all season in all competitions. In
Ligue 1 they have six points from nine games with five defeats and they have
lost both games in the Champions League.
Henry's first game
in charge will be against Strasbourg in the league on 20 October, before a
Champions League tie with Club Brugge four days later. Will he be able to turn
things around.
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