Back to his first professional club, Thierry Henry to coach AS Monaco

News24xx.com - Thierry Henry has the support of his former team mate, Robert Pires and his former club Juventus will take on new duties as coach of AS Monaco. The former France international coach was officially appointed as Monaco coach to replace Leonardo Jardim who was sacked for making the club with a distinctive red and white color fell to 18th place in Ligue 1.

Henry, who was previously assistant to the Belgian national team coach, helped Roberto Martinez be tied to a contract until 2021 to handle a club that he had been defended at the beginning of his professional career in 1994 to 1999.

According to Pires, a former team mate at the French national team and Arsenal, Henry has the chance to succeed in his new career. "It is important for him to learn a lot from Roberto Martinez and he is used to play in Arsenal [under Arsene Wenger's direction] and Barcelona with Pep Guardiola. Playing and training are two different things" Pires was quoted by the Daily Mail.

"He knows everything about football, teams and players. I believe Titi can do it. He will succeed because Titi loves football" he continued.

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