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 18^th 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.